Indian Institute of Technology Madras
BS Degree Programme · Examination & Study Paper
System Commands
Finding files: find & wildcards
Official Paper
Examination Instructions & Guidelines
- Solve on notebook/paper first before checking solutions.
- MCQ: Exactly 1 option is correct. Negative marking applies.
- MSQ: One or more options correct. Select all to score.
- Scientific calculator allowed for all calculations.
- Official answer key is sealed at the end of this sheet.
Quiz 1 · 26 Oct 2025 (AN)Quiz 1
- Q1MCQ3 Marks·Choose one option
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- A
End Term · 31 Aug 2025 (FN)End Term
- Q2MCQ5 Marks·Choose one option
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- A
End Term · 31 Aug 2025 (AN)End Term
- Q3MSQ5 Marks·Choose all correct options
Which of the following find commands will list all regular files in /var/log modified more than 7 days ago and larger than 5MB?
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- A
End Term · 13 Apr 2025 (FN)End Term
- Q4MCQ7 Marks·Choose one option
- ADeletes all .log files in /home.
- BLists all .log files in /sample/logs.
- CFinds all .log files and backs them up.
- DRenames .log files to .bak in /home.
End Term · 22 Dec 2024 (FN)End Term
- Q5MCQ3 Marks·Choose one option
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- A
End Term · 22 Dec 2024 (AN)End Term
- Q6MSQ3 Marks·Choose all correct options
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- A
- Q7MSQ3 Marks·Choose all correct options
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- A