Working with Files and Directories — Linux Fundamentals Module — HTB Walkthrough

TIER 0 MODULE: LINUX FUNDAMENTALS

SECTION: Working with Files and Directories

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1. What is the name of the last modified file in the “/var/backups” directory?

First navigate to the /var/backups directory.

cd /var/backups

To see the modified file with respect to time, we use the -t flag with the ls command.

ls -t

First file’s name is the answer.

Answer: apt.extended_states.0

2. What is the inode number of the “shadow.bak” file in the “/var/backups” directory?

Mentioned in the Navigation’s Section writeup, to see the inode or index number of a file/directory, we use ls -i <filename>.

First navigate to the given path

cd /var/backups

Then, list the file with it’s index number

ls -i shadow.bak

Answer: 265293

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