Linux Find Command Quiz

What does the following command accomplish?

find /tmp -type f -mmin -60

• It lists directories in the /tmp directory
• It finds files in the /tmp directory that have been modified in the last 30 minutes

• It finds files in the /tmp directory that have been modified in the last 60 minutes.
• It finds files in the /tmp directory that have been modified in the last 60 days.

What does the -mindepth option do in the following command? find /var -mindepth 2 -name "*.log"

• Starts searching from the root directory.

• Limits the search to files with a minimum size of 2MB.

• Ensures the search includes files starting from a depth of 2 directories.

• Limits the search to files with a minimum depth of 2 subdirectories.

How can you find all files modified exactly 7 days ago?

• find . -mtime 7

• find . -mtime -7

• find . -mtime +7

• find . -mtime =7

How can you find all directories in the current directory that are writable by the user?

• find . -type d -perm -u=w

• find . -type d -perm /u=w

• find . -type d -perm +u=w

• find . -type d -perm =u=w

Which command would list all files and directories in the /home/user directory except those named *.tmp?

• find /home/user -name "*.tmp"

• find /home/user ! -name "*.tmp"

• find /home/user -not -name "*.tmp"

• Both B and C

Which command finds files in the /var/log directory that belong to the group admin?

• find /var/log -group admin

• find /var/log -user admin

• find /var/log -group id admin

• find /var/log -gid admin

Which of the following commands will find all files in the /home directory that are owned by the user alice and have been modified in the last 2 days?

• find /home -user alice -mtime -2

• find /home -user alice -mtime 2

• find /home -user alice -mtime +2

• find /home -user alice -mtime 2d

Which command finds all symbolic links in the /usr/local directory?

• find /usr/local -type f

• find /usr/local -type l

• find /usr/local -type d

• find /usr/local -type s

Which command finds all empty files in the current directory and its subdirectories?

• find . -empty

• find . -type f -empty

• find . -type d -empty

• find . -type f -size 0

Which command identifies all empty files within the current directory and its subdirectories up to a depth of 3 levels?

• Both A. and B.

• A. find . -maxdepth 3 -type f -empty

• B. find . -maxdepth 3 -type f -size 0c

• find . -type f -size 0