Set 10

Ubuntu L1-Cadet Industry Assignments

(Part 10 | Index 91–100) Root Working Directory: ~/kactii23


91. IT Operations: Recursive Directory Listing with Filters

Scenario: Ops needs a filtered recursive view of files.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/kactii23

  • Create a folder named filtered_listing

  • Create files with multiple extensions

  • Recursively list only .txt files

  • Save output to txt_files.txt

Commands Expected: find, ls, file pattern filters, redirection


92. Junior SysAdmin: File Size Range Identification

Scenario: Investigate medium-sized files.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/kactii23

  • Create a folder named size_range

  • Create files of different sizes

  • Identify files within a size range

  • Save output to size_range.txt

Commands Expected: find -size, ls -lh, redirection


93. Operations Support: Multi-Command Chaining

Scenario: Execute dependent commands safely.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/kactii23

  • Create a folder named command_chaining

  • Use logical operators to chain commands

  • Observe success vs failure behavior

  • Save results to chaining_report.txt

Commands Expected: &&, ||, ;, redirection


94. Infrastructure Engineer: File Access Time Review

Scenario: Check when files were last accessed.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/kactii23

  • Create a folder named access_time

  • Access files

  • Display last access times

  • Save output to access_times.txt

Commands Expected: stat, ls -lu, redirection


95. Cloud Ops: Hostname Resolution Test

Scenario: DNS resolution behaves inconsistently.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/kactii23

  • Test hostname resolution

  • Compare IP-based vs name-based access

  • Save output to dns_test.txt

Commands Expected: hostname, getent hosts, ping, redirection


96. QA Engineer: Sorted Unique File Content

Scenario: Normalize configuration entries.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/kactii23

  • Create a folder named sorted_unique

  • Create a file with unordered duplicate lines

  • Sort and remove duplicates

  • Save output to normalized.txt

Commands Expected: sort, uniq, redirection


97. DevOps Support: File Permission Reset

Scenario: Restore default permissions.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/kactii23

  • Create a folder named permission_reset

  • Apply restrictive permissions

  • Reset to standard permissions

  • Verify changes

Commands Expected: chmod, ls -l


98. Site Reliability: Network Route Inspection

Scenario: Trace packet routing issues.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/kactii23

  • Trace network route to an external host

  • Save route output

  • Analyze hop sequence

Commands Expected: traceroute, tracepath, redirection


99. Linux Admin: System Resource Snapshot (Non-Interactive)

Scenario: Capture system state without interactive tools.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/kactii23

  • Capture CPU and memory snapshot non-interactively

  • Save output to resource_snapshot.txt

Commands Expected: top -b -n 1, free -h, redirection


100. Operations Engineer: Session Environment Snapshot

Scenario: Record environment state for debugging.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/kactii23

  • Capture environment variables

  • Capture current directory and user

  • Save output to session_snapshot.txt

Commands Expected: env, pwd, whoami, redirection


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