“Super Secret” Project Brief
super_secret_stuff
top_secret.txt
In this task you are asked to create a folder called and inside that folder to place a file called
top_secret.txt
may contain whatever content you wish.
updatedb
command and the
locate
top_secret.txt
Once you have created the file, use the command to find the path to .
locate
Using redirection, save the path that the command gives you to a new file called
secret_place.txt
in your home directory.
sudo
Hint: You will need to use to gain the elevated privileges required to update the database.
Task 2
Part A)
In this task, you are going to create an advanced pipeline that will create a sorted list of the various file sizes on your system.
find
command to search your entire file tree; starting from the
/
Firstly, use the
maxdepth
directory, for all files that are over 1 MebiByte in size. Use the option to limit
find
the command’s search to only go 4 levels deep. The search should only show files, not directories.
-exec
option of the
find
command to run the
ls -lh
Use the command on each of those results.
sudo
Hint: You will need to put at the start of this command to access all required folders.
Part B Below:
