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Buffer Editor vs mlocate

A side-by-side look at Buffer Editor and mlocate. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Buffer Editor

Buffer Editor

Office & Productivity

Buffer Editor is a lightweight text editor designed for quickly opening and editing files. It has a minimal interface with basic editing functions like search/replace, undo/redo, and syntax highlighting.

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mlocate

mlocate

Os & Utilities

mlocate is a command line utility in Linux for quickly locating files based on their name or a regular expression. It maintains a database of files and directories to allow fast lookups compared to searching the whole file system.

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