(slightly OT?) Disk usage of find

From	rhkramer@gmail.com
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	(slightly OT?) Disk usage of find
Date	2026-05-16 20:10 +0200
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I tend to avoid the use of find (1) because I never really "internalized" the 
syntax) and (2) on the assumption that it hits the disk "harder" than locate.  

I mean, updatedb runs once a day (on my systems) and I assume (I know) that 
its database is mostly cached somewhere, but I don't really know how it finds 
new files.

Is there any validity to the idea that find is harder on disks (hits them more 
often / more widely) than locate?

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(slightly OT?) Disk usage of find rhkramer@gmail.com - 2026-05-16 20:10 +0200
  Re: (slightly OT?) Disk usage of find Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2026-05-16 20:50 +0200
    Re: (slightly OT?) Disk usage of find "mick.crane" <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2026-05-17 01:00 +0200
  Re: (slightly OT?) Disk usage of find Andrew Latham <lathama@gmail.com> - 2026-05-16 21:40 +0200
  Re: (slightly OT?) Disk usage of find Chime Hart <chime@hubert-humphrey.com> - 2026-05-16 20:30 +0200
  Re: (slightly OT?) Disk usage of find David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2026-05-17 05:30 +0200

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