2.12

Question 1

Searches through all files based on the file system by name, file size, time created, and other options.

Answer 1

find

Question 2

locates a file or directory by name in a specific path

Answer 2

-name

Question 3

finds files owned by a specific user.

Answer 3

-user

Question 4

finds files of a specific size

Answer 4

-size

Question 5

finds files last modified before or after a specified number of days ago

Answer 5

-mtime

Question 6

specifies whether to find files or directories.

Answer 6

-type

Question 7

specifies how many levels down to search.

Answer 7

-maxdepth

Question 8

finds filenames with spaces.

Answer 8

-print0

Question 9

Specifies the or parameter when searching with multiple criteria.

Answer 9

-o

Question 10

searches for files in a system

Answer 10

locate

Question 11

Displays the path to a command and determines whether a package is installed.

Answer 11

which

Question 12

Displays the path to a Linux command’s binary files, manual pages, and source code (if sources are installed)

Answer 12

whereis

Question 13

Displays a command’s type

Answer 13

type

Question 14

Searches through files for a specified character string

Answer 14

grep

Question 15

Uses regular expressions in the search strings.

Answer 15

egrep

Question 16

Uses a file as the source for the string patterns.

Answer 16

fgrep

Question 17

Displays the differences between two files, line by line.

Answer 17

diff