Quiz · 5 questions

📁 Navigating the Filesystem

Directories, paths, permissions, find, tree

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01On Apple Silicon Macs, where does Homebrew install binaries by default?

Hint

ARM Macs put their package manager in a different prefix from Intel Macs.

02What's the difference between a hard link and a symbolic link?

Hint

One stores a path as content; the other shares the same inode.

03What does chmod 755 script.sh do?

Hint

7=rwx, 5=r-x. Read each digit as a 3-bit triple.

04Why is rm -rf $VAR/* dangerous when $VAR is empty?

Hint

An empty variable + a glob is the bug behind the famous Steam Linux installer disaster.

05Before running find /var/log -name '*.log' -mtime +30 -delete, what's the safe practice?

Hint

Always preview destructive find actions before running them.

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