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1.6Hands-On Exercise

  1. Open a terminal and navigate to /var/log/. List the files and identify which logs belong to which service.
  2. Find all .log files modified in the last 24 hours anywhere on the system.
  3. Check disk usage on your machine. Which directory is the largest?
  4. Navigate to your home directory and explore what configuration files (dotfiles) exist.
  5. Create a directory structure: ~/qa-practice/tests/unit/, ~/qa-practice/tests/integration/, ~/qa-practice/tests/e2e/
  6. Use tail -f to monitor a log file in real-time while performing an action that generates log entries.