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diff --git a/locate/locate.1 b/locate/locate.1 index e580a009..24ce7b5e 100644 --- a/locate/locate.1 +++ b/locate/locate.1 @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ locate \- list files in databases that match a pattern [\-p | \-\-print] [\-\-help] pattern... +. .SH DESCRIPTION This manual page documents the GNU version of @@ -258,9 +259,11 @@ LL. .TE . .SH "BUGS" -The locate database correctly handles filenames containing newlines, +The +.B locate +database correctly handles filenames containing newlines, but only if the system's sort command has a working -\-z +.I \-z option. If you suspect that .B locate may need to return filenames containing newlines, consider using its |