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Why there are two so similar command in Linux? and normally what are the circumstances to use each of them?

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You mean locate and Find? – Sachin Shanbhag Oct 14 '10 at 15:21
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find searches in the real system. Is slower but always up-to-date and has more options (size, modification time,...)

locate uses a previously built database (command updatedb). Is much faster, but uses an 'older' database and searches only names or parts of them.

In any case, man find and man locate will help you further.

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Check this link, you have both Find and Locate -

http://www.westwind.com/reference/OS-X/commandline/misc.html#locate

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