XK0-006 System Management Practice Question
A system administrator wants to find all files in /var/log that have been modified in the last 7 days and are larger than 100MB. Which command should be used?
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find /var/log -mtime -7 -size +100M
The -mtime -7 finds files modified within 7 days, -size +100M finds files larger than 100MB.
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find /var/log -mtime +7 -size +100M
Why it's wrong here
Finds files modified more than 7 days ago.
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find /var/log -atime -7 -size +100M
Why it's wrong here
Uses access time (-atime) instead of modification time.
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find /var/log -mtime -7 -size +100M
Why this is correct
Correct: -mtime -7 for last 7 days, -size +100M for >100MB.
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find /var/log -mtime -7 -size -100M
Why it's wrong here
Finds files smaller than 100MB.
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