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When I run the ls -l command I get details about the files in the current directory like permissions, owner, group, file size.

Is there a way I can get these same details instead of just the location of the file when I run locate?

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answered 2 Years ago panshow · Accepted Answer

The locate database do not contain information other that names, so you should run some other tool, like ls, on locate output

lsloc() {

  locate "$@" | 

    while read -r name; do

      ls -ld "$name"

    done

}

lsloc pattern