find by modification time in Linux CLI - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to find files modified exactly 3 days ago.

Linux CLI

find . -type f -mtime [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A0

B-3

C+3

D3

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using negative or plus signs which mean less or more than the days.

Confusing -mtime with other options.

The -mtime 3 option finds files modified exactly 3 days ago.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to find files modified less than 5 days ago.

Linux CLI

find /var/log -type f -mtime [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A5

B-5

C+5

D0

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using positive number which means exactly that many days ago.

Using plus sign which means more than that many days.

The -mtime -5 option finds files modified less than 5 days ago.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to find files modified more than 10 days ago.

Linux CLI

find /home/user -type f -mtime [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A+10

B10

C-10

D0

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using negative sign which means less than the days.

Using positive number without plus sign which means exactly that many days.

The -mtime +10 option finds files modified more than 10 days ago.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to find files modified between 2 and 5 days ago.

Linux CLI

find . -type f -mtime [1] -a -mtime [2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A+1

B-6

C-5

D+2

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong signs for the range limits.

Not combining conditions properly.

Use -mtime +2 to find files modified more than 2 days ago and -mtime -5 for less than 5 days ago, combining to find files modified between 2 and 5 days ago.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to find files modified exactly 7 days ago and print their names with details.

Linux CLI

find /tmp -type f -mtime [1] -exec ls [2] [3] {} \;

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A7

B-l

C-a

D-h

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong -mtime value.

Missing or wrong ls options.

-mtime 7 finds files modified exactly 7 days ago. The -exec ls -l -h {} \; prints detailed, human-readable file info.