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Using Absolute and Relative Paths

In this hands-on lab, we will practice using absolute and relative paths. Understanding the difference between absolute and relative paths is a critical component to working with files and directories in Linux.

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Path Info

Level

Beginner

Duration

15m

Published

Jun 21, 2019

Challenge

Use Absolute Paths to Move the File
1. Use cat and redirection to place the contents of the file Practice/Test/free into a new file named value.txt in your home directory.
```
cat /home/cloud_user/Practice/Test/free > /home/cloud_user/value.txt
```
Challenge

Use Relative Paths to Move the File
1. Change to the /usr/share directory.
```
cd /usr/share
```
1. Use cat and redirection to place the contents of the file Practice/Test/sys/fs/xfs/stats/stats into the newly created file value.txt in your home directory.
```
cat ../../home/cloud_user/Practice/Test/sys/fs/xfs/stats/stats >> ../../home/cloud_user/value.txt
```

Author

A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

What's a lab?

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