Re: /usr/local/bin/search ??

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Author: Dazed_75
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Subject: Re: /usr/local/bin/search ??
No such file on my Ubuntu 12.04.2

In fact,/usr/local/bin/ is totally empty so it like is a result from
something you added to or ran on the system. Take a look at the
datestamps, ownership and permissions


On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Joseph Sinclair
<>wrote:

> In most cases that's part of a full-text search facility. In Ubuntu and
> derivatives (like Mint) it's part of the core system.
>
> The usage is as follows (for example):
> search for "Some Text String" -c -s
> which would provide file names where you may find the text string you were
> looking for.
>
> In debian derivatives the following command will tell you what package
> installed a particular file:
> dpkg -S "filename" (e.g. dpkg -S /usr/local/bin/search)
>
>
>
> On 06/27/2013 03:37 PM, wrote:
> > What is this and how might one use it?
> >
> > I found this on my system. There is no man page for it.
> > A google search turns up nothing (that makes sense to me).
> > I've tried several arguments and options, but each one
> > just starts a long string of directory/filenames that I
> > don't understand.
> >
> >
> >
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