Find the Lost Files

Linux lab Intermediate 5 tasks 20 points

The archive directory is huge, with folders inside folders inside folders. Searching by hand would take forever. Use find.

How it works: the terminal below is a real Linux machine running in your browser. Click it and type. Tasks tick themselves off as you complete them; questions are answered in the box under each task. Press Reset any time for a fresh machine. Your password on this machine (for sudo) is student.

Getting your Linux machine ready…

The first start downloads about 20 MB. After that your browser keeps it, and labs start in a moment.

Hints

Quote wildcard patterns: find archive -name "*.conf".

Solution explanation

find archive -name passport.pdf prints archive/2021/07/passport.pdf. find archive -name "*.conf" lists four files, and -size +1M finds video-call.mp4. -iname matches EMPTY even though you searched for empty.

Show solution

find archive -name passport.pdf
find archive -name "*.conf"
find archive -size +1M
cp archive/2021/07/passport.pdf ~
find archive -type d -iname empty