Creating, Moving, and Deleting Files

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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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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Sep 05, 2025

Duration

45m

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
```
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*
```
Challenge

Create a New File in `~/Report/`
1. Create a new file named Done.txt in ~/Report/.
```
touch Done.txt
```

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