The ability to manage and work with files and directories is foundational to performing general tasks in the Linux command line. In this hands-on lab, you will be tasked with creating and removing files and directories as well as modifying existing files and directories.
Learning Objectives
Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:
- Create and Remove Files and Directories
- Create 2 files in
/opt/work/content
:template01
template02
- Create a new directory called
backup
in/opt/work/
. - Copy the directory
/opt/work/project_alpha
and all its contents to/opt/work/backup/
. - Remove the directory
/opt/work/project_alpha
and all its contents.
- Create 2 files in
- Modify Existing Files and Directories
- Move the file
/opt/work/marketing/welcome.txt
to/opt/work/content/
.- Use a text editor to update the contents of
/opt/work/content/welcome.txt
. Replace the stringmarketing team
withcontent team
. - Rename the
/opt/work/marketing
directory to be/opt/work/marketing_east
. - Use the echo command and output redirection to overwrite the file
/opt/work/marketing_east/strategy.txt
with the following line – This document is a placeholder for the east cost marketing branch.
- Use a text editor to update the contents of
- Move the file