Windows alternative to locate on ubuntu

Question

The locate command on ubuntu is so great that I miss it a lot on Windows 7.

Do you know of an alternative?

Ok I found this but it's not great:

Thank you

@Robert command-line prefered but search-tool if nothing else, given that it is fast, intantaneous like as the great 'locate' :) — unludo, Jul 11 '13 at 13:45
why the downvote? From when duplicate question begin to get downvote? — WesternGun, Nov 25 '16 at 09:03

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 11 '13 at 12:51

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If you're looking for a GUI program, Everything is a good alternative.

answered Jul 11 '13 at 12:51

u1686_grawity

I am going to try. They could support a command line version/hook, that would be cool. – unludo Jul 11 '13 at 13:50
Everything is my suggestion, too. Pretty fast once loaded and synchronized but requires administrator permissions to run. – Robert Jul 11 '13 at 14:14
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@Robert: It makes sense – the USN Journal is only readable by administrators, and all other methods of change monitoring are considerably less efficient. – u1686_grawity Jul 11 '13 at 15:18
Excellent. A command line search version would be cool. I guess it can be done with the SDK. – unludo Jul 12 '13 at 09:40
*Everything* is limited by User Account Control (UAC)... :-( – sancho.s ReinstateMonicaCellio Dec 20 '13 at 17:24

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 11 '13 at 12:24

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You can use the command where e.g.

where xcopy

c:\windows\System32\xcopy.exe

answered Jul 11 '13 at 12:24

Phil

woaw seems to works great and fast, do you know if it uses a kind of database to be fast? – unludo Jul 11 '13 at 12:28
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@unludo: No, because it does not do the same as `locate` does. Windows `where` is very close to `which` in Unixes – that is, it only looks for programs in a few directories preset in `%PATH%`. – u1686_grawity Jul 11 '13 at 12:48

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