Find & Locate (Linux)
You'll become familiar with the find and locate commands in the Linux OS.
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Topics of this game:
- Which command can be used to search for system files using a previously-made, indexed database of all system files?
- Which command is used to update the indexed database used with the locate command?
- Which command is used to recursively search for files starting from a specified directory?
- Though slower, which of the following commands is more versatile?
- If using wildcard metacharacters with the find command, how can you ensure it's interpreted by the find command?
- Which command can be used to search for executable files by searching the PATH variable?
- The ______ variable lists directories on a system where executable files are located. This allows executable files to be run without specifying the absolute or relative path to the file.
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