Linux System - Table 12 > Packages - Table 1 & 2 > findutils

The findutils package contains programs which will help you locatefiles on your system. The find utility searches through a hierarchy ofdirectories looking for files which match a certain set of criteria(such as a filename pattern). The locate utility searches a database(create by updatedb) to quickly find a file matching a given pattern.The xargs utility builds and executes command lines from standard inputarguments (usually lists of file names generated by the find command).