Using Absolute and Relative Paths

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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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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Sep 07, 2025

Duration

15m

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
```

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