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Creating, Moving, and Deleting Files

In this hands-on lab, we will practice creating, moving, and deleting files. the ability to create, move, and delete files and folders is a necessary step in working with a Linux filesystem. By the end of this lab, the student will be familiar with creating, moving, and deleteing files and folders in Linux.

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Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 45m
Published
Clock icon Jun 21, 2019

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Copy/Move the Requested Files and Folders

    1. Copy ~/Practice/Test to ~/Report/.
    cp -R Practice/Test/ Report
    1. Rename and move ~/Report/sos_commands/filesys/mount_-l to ~/Report/mounts.txt.
    cd Report/
mv sos_commands/filesys/mount_-l mounts.txt

  2. Challenge

    Remove the Requested Files and Folders

    1. Remove etc/selinux/.
    rm -rf etc/selinux/
    1. Remove var/log/boot.log.
    rm -rf var/log/boot.log
    1. Remove anything in proc/ that is or starts with a number.
    rm -rf proc/[1-9]*
    1. Remove anything in etc/ that ends in .conf.
    rm -rf etc/*.conf
    1. Remove anything in sys/module that starts with ip6t.
    rm -rf sys/module/ip6t*

  3. Challenge

    Create a New File in `~/Report/`

    1. Create a new file named Done.txt in ~/Report/.
    touch Done.txt
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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!

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