Novice Level

Creating a Directory Structure in Linux

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30 minutes
  • 4 Learning Objectives

About this Hands-on Lab

A Linux system administrator needs to know how to create files and folders on a computer. This exercise will assist you in creating a new directory structure, and adding new files to this structure.

Learning Objectives

Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:

Create the ‘Projects’ Parent Directories

Create the first parent directory structure with the mkdir command, and use the -p switch:

mkdir -p Projects/ancient
mkdir Projects/classical
mkdir Projects/medieval

or

mkdir -p Projects/{ancient,classical,medieval}
Create the ‘Projects’ Subdirectories

Create the subdirectory structure:

mkdir Projects/ancient/egyptian
mkdir Projects/ancient/nubian
mkdir Projects/classical/greek
mkdir Projects/medieval/britain
mkdir Projects/medieval/japan

or

mkdir Projects/ancient/{egyptian,nubian}
mkdir Projects/classical/greek
mkdir Projects/medieval/{britain,japan}
Create ‘Projects’ Empty Files for Next Step

Create the empty files for later use:

touch Projects/ancient/nubian/further_research.txt
touch Projects/classical/greek/further_research.txt
Rename a ‘Projects’ Subdirectory

The user would like for the classical directory to be renamed to greco-roman.

mv Projects/classical Projects/greco-roman
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Additional Resources

You are responsible for handing a workstation with a specified directory structure to a new user. This user is a historian and will need to keep notes on various research topics separated into eras of time. Within the user's home directory, a new folder called 'Projects' needs to exist with the following subfolders: ancient, classical, and medieval. Under the ancient directory, two more directories must exist: egyptian and nubian. Within the classical directory, a folder named greek must exist. Within the medieval directory, two more directories need to be created: britain and japan.

A new, empty file named further_research.txt should be in the nubian and greek directories.

At the last moment, the classical directory needs to be renamed to greco-roman

Once these tasks are done, hand the system over to your team member for verification.

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