find by name, type, and size in Linux CLI - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to find files named 'report.txt' in the current directory.

Linux CLI

find . -name [1]

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A"report.txt"

Breport.txt

C'report.txt'

Dreport

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not using quotes causes the shell to interpret the pattern incorrectly.

Using no quotes may fail if the filename contains special characters.

The find command requires the name pattern in quotes to avoid shell expansion. Single quotes are safest.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to find directories named 'backup' anywhere under /home.

Linux CLI

find /home -type [1] -name 'backup'

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Ad

Bf

Cl

Dx

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-type f' finds files, not directories.

Using an invalid type causes no results.

The '-type d' option tells find to look for directories only.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the code to find files larger than 10MB named 'data.log'.

Linux CLI

find /var/log -name 'data.log' -size [1]

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A10

B10M

C-10M

D+10M

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '10M' finds files exactly 10MB, not larger.

Using '-10M' finds files smaller than 10MB.

The '+10M' means files larger than 10 megabytes. Without '+', it means exactly 10MB.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to find symbolic links named 'config' smaller than 1KB.

Linux CLI

find /etc -type [1] -name [2] -size -1k

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Al

B'config'

C"config"

Df

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-type f' finds files, not links.

Not quoting the name can cause errors.

Use '-type l' for symbolic links and quote the name 'config' to match exactly.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to find regular files named 'log.txt' larger than 5MB in /var.

Linux CLI

find /var -type [1] -name [2] -size [3]

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Af

B'log.txt'

C+5M

Dd

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-type d' finds directories, not files.

Not quoting the filename causes errors.

Using '5M' finds files exactly 5MB, not larger.

Use '-type f' for files, quote the name, and '+5M' for files larger than 5MB.