-b, --basename
       Match only the base name against the specified patterns.  This is the opposite of --wholename.

-c, --count
       Instead of writing file names on standard output, write the number of matching entries only.

-d, --database DBPATH
       Replace  the  default  database with DBPATH.  DBPATH is a :-separated list of database file names.
       If more than one --database option is specified, the resulting path  is  a  concatenation  of  the
       separate paths.

       An empty database file name is replaced by the default database.  A database file name - refers to
       the standard input.  Note that a database can be read from the standard input only once.

-e, --existing
       Print only entries that refer to files existing at the time locate is run.

-L, --follow
       When checking whether files exist  (if  the  --existing  option  is  specified),  follow  trailing
       symbolic links.  This causes broken symbolic links to be omitted from the output.

-h, --help
       Write a summary of the available options to standard output and exit successfully.

-i, --ignore-case
       Ignore case distinctions when matching patterns.

-l, --limit, -n LIMIT
       Exit  successfully after finding LIMIT entries.  If the --count option is specified, the resulting
       count is also limited to LIMIT.

-m, --mmap
       Ignored, for compatibility with BSD and GNU locate.

-P, --nofollow, -H
       When checking whether files exist (if the --existing option is specified), do not follow  trailing
       symbolic links.  This causes broken symbolic links to be reported like other files.

       This is the opposite of --follow.

-0, --null
       Separate  the  entries  on output using the ASCII NUL character instead of writing each entry on a
       separate line.  This option is designed  for  interoperability  with  the  --null  option  of  GNU
       xargs(1).

-S, --statistics
       Write  statistics  about  each read database to standard output instead of searching for files and
       exit successfully.

-q, --quiet
       Write no messages about errors encountered while reading and processing databases.

-r, --regexp REGEXP
       Search for a basic regexp REGEXP.  No PATTERNs are allowed if this option is used, but this option
       can be specified multiple times.

--regex
       Interpret all PATTERNs as extended regexps.

-s, --stdio
       Ignored, for compatibility with BSD and GNU locate.

-V, --version
       Write  information  about  the  version  and  licence  of  locate  on  standard  output  and  exit
       successfully.

-w, --wholename
       Match only the whole path name against the specified patterns.