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Working with Files and Directories
The ability to manage and work with files and directories is foundational to performing general tasks in the Linux command line. In this hands-on lab, you will be tasked with creating and removing files and directories as well as modifying existing files and directories.

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Challenge
Create and Remove Files and Directories
- Create 2 files in
/opt/work/content
:template01
template02
- Create a new directory called
backup
in/opt/work/
. - Copy the directory
/opt/work/project_alpha
and all its contents to/opt/work/backup/
. - Remove the directory
/opt/work/project_alpha
and all its contents.
- Create 2 files in
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Challenge
Modify Existing Files and Directories
- Move the file
/opt/work/marketing/welcome.txt
to/opt/work/content/
. - Use a text editor to update the contents of
/opt/work/content/welcome.txt
. Replace the stringmarketing team
withcontent team
. - Rename the
/opt/work/marketing
directory to be/opt/work/marketing_east
. - Use the echo command and output redirection to overwrite the file
/opt/work/marketing_east/strategy.txt
with the following line - This document is a placeholder for the east cost marketing branch.
- Move the file
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