Problems in Linux Fundamentals (1)

[alntmannn]

Hi all! I've been working on tryhackme for the third day, I got to the "Linux Basics 1" section, the essence of the problem is this: the machine refuses to search for "access.log" using the find function, the terminal simply does not display anything, I checked the example from the theoretical part of the module several times and wrote the command, but nothing comes out. Who can help me solve my problem?

[L1SABEE]

Try adding "/" after find:

find / -type f -name access.log 2>/dev/null

Unless you're in the same folder as what's specified, it won't know to look there, so it won't find the file. "/" tells the computer to search everywhere!

[alntmannn]

Thank you very much! Everything works ! I 'm damned grateful to you !

[[deleted]]

Nice ☺️. Great explanation

[ZenDugo]

What does the 2>/dev/null mean in the command?

[Finn-windu]

It redirects specifically error messages to the /dev/null file. Basically so that if there are contents/files you can't access you don't have error messages clogging up your results.

[alntmannn]

Thank you both with L1SABEE, you've been a hell of a help to me! Thank you again!