For instance, I don't want either program to find files that end in *.pyc. I'm sure I can do this somehow using regexes or globs, but is there a way to make locate just ignore the files altogether? It's highly doubtful that I would ever want to search for a pyc file.
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In updatedb.conf, uncomment the PRUNENAMES line and add the extension .pyc. On my Ubuntu system by default it reads:
# PRUNENAMES=".git .bzr .hg .svn"
Change it to
PRUNENAMES=".git .bzr .hg .svn .pyc"
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2As it turns out, PRUNENAMES only works for directories, not for file names. Nov 17, 2009 at 15:26