Exam XK0-005 topic 1 question 69 discussion

The correct answer is C, "find /var/log -type f -mtime +180 -exec rm {} ;". This command will accomplish the task of finding and removing all log files that were modified more than 180 days ago. Here's a breakdown of the command: The find command is used to search for files and directories in a specific location, in this case, "/var/log". The -type f option is used to search only for regular files, excluding directories and other file types. The -mtime +180 option is used to select only files that have a modification time more than 180 days ago. The -exec rm {} \; option is used to execute the rm command on each file that matches the criteria specified in the previous options. The curly braces {} are replaced with the name of each file found and the backslash \; is used to end the command.

C is Correct.

"A" is going after directories older than 180 days, "B" & "D" are gibberish - "C" would be right if the semicolon was there at the end of the command.

A. The 'find' command with its '-exec' option requires an escaped semi-colon, '\;' (B) There is no predicate, modified. (C) This would work just as well as answer, A, if the command ended with a semi-colon. (D) Nonsense.

THE CORRECT OPTION IS C. I've tested this, but used 1600 days so found only one file that old, used option C and it deleted it only, results below: # find /var/log -type f -mtime +1600 /var/log/anaconda/syslog <<<<<<<<<<< found this file over 1600 days old-didn't want to remove anything important # find /var/log -type f -mtime +1600 -exec rm {} \; <<<<<<<<<<< Executed option C # find /var/log -type f -mtime +1600 <<<<<<<<<<< Ran command again and /var/log/anaconda/syslog is no longer present

in question C ; end the command is not present , the command not work ! A is correct ?

The correct command to accomplish this task is C: This command uses the find utility to search for files in the /var/log directory and its subdirectories. The -type f option specifies to search only for files (not directories), and the -mtime +180 option specifies to search for files that were modified more than 180 days ago. The -exec rm {} \; option specifies to execute the rm command on each file found by the find command. The {} characters are a placeholder for each file that is found, and the \; at the end of the command is used to terminate the -exec option. Note that the other options listed are incorrect and should not be used.

The answer is C

Disagree. Correct answer should be C. The question refers to removing log "files". The type option for find needs -f for files.