Assignment 3

The aim of this assignment is to continue familiarization basic Unix commands, in particular the find command. I've recorded a YouTube video that once again shows the process of accepting and cloning the assignment as well as describes the expectations for completion:

https://youtu.be/AgeHNUUuPWY

Instructions

1. In the repository, you will find a directories files1 and files2 with a set of subdirectories and files inside them. Use the Unix find command to locate the following files when run from the repository's root directory (this is not the files system root /)

   ./files1/lorem2.dat
   ./files1/lorem3.dat
   ./files2/lorem2.dat
   ./files2/lorem3.dat
   

   Just for clarity, the entire repository file structure is shown below, the files you are looking for are highlighted with **.

   assignment3/
   ├── .github
   |   ├── CODEOWNERS
   |   └── workflows
   |       └── main.yml
   ├── .gitignore
   ├── environment.yml
   ├── README.md
   ├── LICENSE
   ├── test.py
   ├── files1/
   |   ├── lorem1.txt
   |   ├── lorem2.txt
   |   ├── lorem3.txt
   |   ├── lorem1.dat
   |   ├── **lorem2.dat**
   |   ├── **lorem3.dat**
   |   ├── files3/
   |   |   ├── lorem1.txt
   |   |   ├── lorem2.txt
   |   |   ├── lorem3.txt
   |   |   ├── lorem1.dat
   |   |   ├── lorem2.dat
   |   |   └── lorem3.dat
   |   └── files4/
   |       ├── lorem1.txt
   |       ├── lorem2.txt
   |       ├── lorem3.txt
   |       ├── lorem1.dat
   |       ├── lorem2.dat
   |       └── lorem3.dat
   └── files2/
       ├── lorem1.txt
       ├── lorem2.txt
       ├── lorem3.txt
       ├── lorem1.dat
       ├── **lorem2.dat**
       ├── **lorem3.dat**
       ├── files5/
       |   ├── lorem1.txt
       |   ├── lorem2.txt
       |   ├── lorem3.txt
       |   ├── lorem1.dat
       |   ├── lorem2.dat
       |   └── lorem3.dat
       └── files6/
           ├── lorem1.txt
           ├── lorem2.txt
           ├── lorem3.txt
           ├── lorem1.dat
           ├── lorem2.dat
           └── lorem3.dat
   

2. Test your find command interactively on the command line. Once you've figured out the correct syntax, copy your command into a new file called myfind.sh, you can do this by using echo 'find <my complicated arguments>' > myfind.sh where <my complicated arguments> is replaced with the correct set of arguments. Alternatively, you could also open a new file in the text editor and add your find command syntax.

3. Add myfind.sh to the git repository, commit, and push back to Github.

Hint: You will likely need an option to restrict the depth of the search that I did not discuss in the video (because matching file names are found in the directories files3, files4, files5, and files6). Use the man page or Google to assist in finding the correct options.

Testing

If you would like to check to see if your solution is correct, simply run

python test.py

A status message of OK indicates you have the correct answer.