Exploring our file systems
Revision as of 18:33, 20 January 2026 by Manetta (talk | contribs) (Created page with "==our file systems== understanding the limits of our file system $ df -h ==exercises== Navigating our file systems $ man find ===Count how many PDFs you have in the home folder on your computer=== $ find ~ | grep .pdf > pdfs.txt $ cat pdfs.txt | wc -l ===same for jpgs!=== as above, but with .jpg ===count how many folders you have on your computer=== $ sudo su $ cd / $ find -type d > /home/mb/folders.txt $ cat /home/mb/folders.txt | wc -l ===same for...")
our file systems
understanding the limits of our file system
$ df -h
exercises
Navigating our file systems
$ man find
Count how many PDFs you have in the home folder on your computer
$ find ~ | grep .pdf > pdfs.txt $ cat pdfs.txt | wc -l
same for jpgs!
as above, but with .jpg
count how many folders you have on your computer
$ sudo su $ cd / $ find -type d > /home/mb/folders.txt $ cat /home/mb/folders.txt | wc -l
same for files!
-type f