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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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Last updated
Clock icon Aug 23, 2025

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  1. 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

  2. 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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