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Ubuntu Directories Exercise
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This exercise gets you familiar with Ubuntu command-line tools for creating, navigating, and removing directories.
Follow these steps
Follow these steps
- Type "cd ~" and press Enter. This makes sure you are working in your "home" directory.
- Create a new directory by typing "mkdir mystuff" and press Enter.
- Type "cd mystuff" and press Enter to move to this directory.
- Type "ls" and press Enter to see that this new directory is empty.
- Type "cd .." and press Enter to get back to where we were.
- Type "mkdir theworld" and press Enter to give others some room.
- Type "cd theworld" and press Enter to go there.
- Now, re-discover yourself by typing "cd ../mystuff" and press Enter.
- Create two more directories: type "mkdir myPlay" and press Enter, then type "mkdir myWork" and press Enter.
- Type "ls" and press Enter.
- Type "cd myPlay" and press Enter.
- Now type "cd ~" and press Enter.
- Type "dir -R mystuff" and press Enter to see what you have created.
- Destroy the World by typing "rmdir theworld" and press Enter.
- Remove your presence by typing "rm -r mystuff" and press Enter.
- Type "ls" and press Enter.
Last edited by happygeek; Dec 18th, 2006 at 5:10 pm. Reason: Formatting
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