find command basics in Linux CLI - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to find all files named 'notes.txt' in the current directory and its subdirectories.

Linux CLI

find . -name [1]

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A"notes.txt"

Bnotes.txt

C'notes.txt'

D*.txt

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not quoting the filename, which may cause shell expansion.

Using double quotes which may allow shell expansion in some cases.

Using a wildcard like '*.txt' which matches more files than needed.

The find command requires the filename pattern to be quoted to avoid shell expansion. Using single quotes around 'notes.txt' is the correct way.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to find all directories named 'backup' starting from the root directory.

Linux CLI

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

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Ad

Bf

Cl

Dx

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '-type f' which searches for files, not directories.

Using invalid type letters like 'x'.

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 1 megabyte in the /var directory.

Linux CLI

find /var -size [1]

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A-1M

B+1M

C1m

D1M

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Omitting '+' which searches for files exactly 1M in size.

Using lowercase 'm' which is not recognized.

Using '-' which searches for files smaller than 1M.

The '+1M' means files larger than 1 megabyte. Without '+', it means exactly 1M, and '-' means smaller than 1M.

4fill in blank

hard

Complete the code to find all files modified within the last 7 days and print their names.

Linux CLI

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

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A-7

B+7

D -print

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using '+7' which finds files modified more than 7 days ago.

Adding extra space before '-print' causing syntax error.

The '-mtime -7' finds files modified less than 7 days ago. The '-print' option is default and can be omitted or included without extra space.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to find all '.log' files owned by user 'admin' and delete them.

Linux CLI

find /var/log -name [1] -user [2] -exec [3] {} \;

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A'*.log'

Badmin

Crm

Dls

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Not quoting '*.log' causing shell to expand before find runs.

Using wrong user name or command in '-exec'.

Forgetting to escape semicolon in '-exec'.

Use '-name '*.log'' to find log files, '-user admin' to filter by owner, and '-exec rm {} \;' to delete each found file.