Due to low disk space, a Linux administrator finding and removing all log files that were modified more than 180 days ago. Which of the following…

The command that will accomplish the task of finding and removing all log files that were modified

more than 180 days ago is find /var/log -type f -mtime +180 -exec rm {} ;. This command will use find

to search for files (-type f) under /var/log directory that have a modification time (-mtime) older than

180 days (+180). For each matching file, it will execute (-exec) the rm command to delete it, passing

the file name as an argument ({}). The command will end with a semicolon (;), which is escaped with

a backslash to prevent shell interpretation.

The other options are not correct commands for accomplishing the task. The find /var/log -type d -

mtime +180 -print -exec rm {} ; command will search for directories (-type d) instead of files, and

print their names (-print) before deleting them. This is not what the task requires. The find /var/log -

type f -modified +180 -rm command is invalid because there is no such option as -modified or -rm for

find. The correct options are -mtime and -delete, respectively. The find /var/log -type c -atime +180 –

remove command is also invalid because there is no such option as –remove for find. Moreover, it

will search for character special files (-type c) instead of regular files, and use access time (-atime)

instead of modification time. : find(1) - Linux manual page; Find and delete files older than n days in

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