Searching files by name and type | LPIC-1 101-500 Exam original practice question

104.7Basic

Traverse /var/log directly on the current filesystem.

Print only regular files whose names end in .log.

Which command is appropriate?

Hint 1: Focus on the requirement

Identify what must change and what must remain unchanged. Then choose the command whose scope matches that requirement.

Hint 2: Check each command's role

Separate commands that display information, change state, remove data, or affect a child process.

locate /var/log '*.log': Incorrect. locate searches a database and does not take find's start-path and type predicates in this form.
find /var/log -type d -name '*.log': Incorrect. -type d selects directories, not regular files.
find /var/log -type f -name '*.log': Correct. find /var/log -type f -name '*.log' selects matching regular files.
whereis /var/log '*.log': Incorrect. whereis locates command files and manuals, not arbitrary file trees.

Detailed explanation

Incorrectlocate /var/log '*.log'

Incorrect. locate searches a database and does not take find's start-path and type predicates in this form.

Incorrectfind /var/log -type d -name '*.log'

Incorrect. -type d selects directories, not regular files.

Correctfind /var/log -type f -name '*.log'

Correct. find /var/log -type f -name '*.log' selects matching regular files.

Incorrectwhereis /var/log '*.log'

Incorrect. whereis locates command files and manuals, not arbitrary file trees.

An example you can run in a temporary verification environment.

find /var/log -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.log' -print

/var/log直下に該当ファイルがあれば表示する

Foundation review

Check whether the command acts on the current shell, a new process, an existing process, or a file.

Use the supplied command and compare the output with the expected result.

Question IDKP-104-291

EnvironmentGNU findutils 4.9以降

Last technical review2026-08-13