DOT-Files/Gentoo/gentooamd/home/user/.tldrc/tldr/pages/linux/mkid.md

mkid

Build an ID database for use with lid and other idutils tools. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/idutils/manual/idutils.html#mkid-invocation.

• Build an ID database for the current directory:

mkid

• Build an ID database for specific directories:

mkid {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}

• Build an ID database and save it to a specific file:

mkid {{[-o|--output]}} {{path/to/database.id}}

• Include only specific languages:

mkid {{[-i|--include]}} "{{language1 language2 ...}}"

• Exclude specific directories from indexing:

mkid {{[-p|--prune]}} {{path/to/excluded_directory}}

• Display statistics after building the database:

mkid {{[-s|--statistics]}}