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GNU patch vs mlocate

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

GNU patch

GNU patch

Development

GNU patch is an open-source utility for applying patches to text files. It allows users to modify source code files by applying differences files, also known as patches, which contain the changes between two versions of a file.

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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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