Find File and Directories

Question 1

Which command should we use for finding files and directories?

Answer 1

find

Question 2

What is the -mtime option in the find command?

Answer 2

it let’s you find files that are n days old

Question 3

Name some options of the find command?

Answer 3

size, exec, name, iname

Question 4

What’s another command (apart from find) to find files and directories in Linux?

Answer 4

locate

Question 5

What’s the difference between locate and find?

Answer 5

find works in real time, locate needs to wait until the file or directory is index.

Question 6

Which is faster, locate or find?

Answer 6

locate is faster, but it might happen that what you’re trying to find is not index yet, so locate won’t find it.

Question 7

Is locate always present in Linux Systems?

Answer 7

No, sometimes is off by default.

Question 8

What’s the differente between -name and -iname for find command?

Answer 8

iname ignores case. name is case sensitive