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Andrew is preparing to take the LFCS exam in 3 weeks. He workd exclusively with RHEL-based and Fedora-based systems. What methods of searching for files and folders should he have mastered to pass the LFCS exam? Please include command examples.
Andrew should be familiar with various ways to search for files and folders on RHEL-based and Fedora-based systems to pass the LFCS exam. Here are some important methods he should know:
- Using the find command: This command searches for files and directories in a given location based on various criteria, such as name, size, and modification time.
Example:
find /path/to/directory -name "file_pattern"
- Using the locate command: This command searches for files and directories using a pre-built database that contains a list of all files on the system.
Example:
locate "file_pattern"
- Using the grep command: This command searches for specific text patterns in files or output of other commands.
- Example:
- grep "pattern" /path/to/file
- Using the whereis command: This command searches for files and executables in the standard system directories.
- whereis "file"
- Using the which command: This command searches for the location of an executable file in the system's $PATH variable.
- which "executable"
- Using the findmnt command: This command searches for mounted filesystems.
- findmnt -T /path/to/mount/point
- Using the df command: This command displays the disk space usage of the filesystems on the system.
- df -h
Andrew should practice these commands and understand how to use their options and parameters to effectively search for files and folders on RHEL-based and Fedora-based systems.