Set 2

Ubuntu L1-Cadet Industry Assignments

(Part 2 | Index 11–20) Root Working Directory: ~/hello23


11. IT Operations: File Search & Discovery

Scenario: You are asked to quickly locate configuration files.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/hello23

  • Create a folder named file_search

  • Create multiple files with different extensions

  • Search for files by name pattern

  • Save search results to search_results.txt

Commands Expected: find, ls, wildcard usage (*), output redirection


12. Junior SysAdmin: Disk Space Threshold Check

Scenario: Prevent disk over-utilization.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/hello23

  • Create a folder called disk_monitor

  • Capture current disk usage

  • Filter usage above a chosen threshold

  • Save output to disk_threshold_report.txt

Commands Expected: df -h, grep, pipes, redirection


13. Support Engineer: File Sorting Task

Scenario: Clean up a messy download directory.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/hello23

  • Create a folder named file_sorting

  • Create mixed file types

  • Organize files into type-based subfolders

  • Verify final structure

Commands Expected: mkdir, mv, ls, glob patterns


14. Compliance Analyst: Access Review Report

Scenario: Perform a basic access review.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/hello23

  • Create a folder called access_review

  • List files with permissions

  • Identify world-writable files

  • Save review output to access_report.txt

Commands Expected: ls -l, grep, permission flags


15. Cloud Support: Environment Variable Inspection

Scenario: Troubleshoot environment configuration.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/hello23

  • Create a folder named env_inspection

  • List all environment variables

  • Filter user-specific variables

  • Save results to env_vars.txt

Commands Expected: env, printenv, grep, redirection


16. DevOps Trainee: Archive & Compression Task

Scenario: Prepare logs for archival.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/hello23

  • Create a folder named archive_task

  • Create sample log files

  • Compress them into a single archive

  • Verify archive contents

Commands Expected: tar, gzip, ls, tar -tf


17. Operations Engineer: Time-Based File Analysis

Scenario: Investigate recently changed files.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/hello23

  • Create a folder named time_analysis

  • Create and modify files

  • List files by modification time

  • Save sorted output to time_report.txt

Commands Expected: touch, ls -lt, stat, redirection


18. Infrastructure Support: User Identity Verification

Scenario: Validate user context during troubleshooting.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/hello23

  • Capture current user identity

  • Display user and group information

  • Save details to user_identity.txt

Commands Expected: whoami, id, groups


19. Site Ops: Temporary File Cleanup

Scenario: Temporary files are consuming space.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/hello23

  • Create a folder named temp_cleanup

  • Create temporary files

  • Identify old or unused temp files

  • Remove them safely

  • Verify directory state

Commands Expected: find, rm, ls


20. Junior Reliability Engineer: Command History Audit

Scenario: Audit shell usage for troubleshooting.

Instructions:

  • Navigate to ~/hello23

  • Capture recent command history

  • Filter filesystem-related commands

  • Save results to history_audit.txt

Commands Expected: history, grep, output redirection



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