Inodes concept in Linux CLI - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the command to list files with their inode numbers.

Linux CLI

ls -i [1]

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

A-a

B-l

C-h

D-R

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -l only shows detailed info but not hidden files.

Using -h is for human-readable sizes, not inode listing.

The -a option shows all files including hidden ones, which helps see all inodes.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to find the inode number of a file named 'example.txt'.

Linux CLI

ls -i [1]

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

Aexample.txt

B-l example.txt

C-R example.txt

D-a example.txt

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Adding -l or -a unnecessarily.

Using recursive -R when not needed.

To find the inode of a specific file, just provide its name after ls -i.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to display inode numbers of all files in the current directory.

Linux CLI

ls [1]

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

A-l

B-i

C-a

D-h

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using -l shows details but not inode numbers.

Using -h is for sizes, not inodes.

The -i option tells ls to show inode numbers.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a command that finds files with inode number 123456.

Linux CLI

find . -inum [1] -print[2]

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

A123456

B > output.txt

C 2>/dev/null

D -type f

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong inode number.

Not redirecting output when needed.

The -inum option finds files by inode number. Redirecting output with > output.txt saves results.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a command that lists inode numbers, file sizes, and names for all files.

Linux CLI

ls [1] [2] [3]

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

A-i

B-l

C-a

D-h

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Omitting -i so no inode numbers show.

Forgetting -h makes sizes easier to read.

-i shows inode numbers, -l shows detailed info including size, and -h makes sizes human-readable.