Very New, hoping for help

[Rog32]

hello,

I am hoping someone can help. i'm trying to figure out how to find files with 30 references in a place called /usr/bin.
This is part of a college course and i'm slow in understanding things.

any help is greatly appreciated.

[oz]

Hello and welcome!

Sorry, but homework/coursework questions are not permitted on the forum:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...ums-rules.html

Post what you've tried so far and someone might be able to give pointers on that.

[Rog32]

I'm sorry about that, i should've read the rules better.
I have tried find and grep /usr/bin....not sure what to do is my problem.

[jayd512]

Welcome aboard!
What exactly was the problem presented to you?
Have you looked at the man pages for those commands?

man find
man grep

[elija]

If you mean hard links then have a read through this page which is not a complete solution to your problem but will get you close enough that a browse through the man pages mentioned should get you the rest of the way.

[Rog32]

Hi,

@jayd512
No I have not tried the man pages but I'll check them out.
The problem presented to me is to find out if any files have 30 or more references in /usr/bin.
Thanks for the tip, I will check the man pages.

@elija
thanks for the link, I'll go through everything and just keep plugging away.