Lab04.docx

cd Lab 04 – The UNIX File System Objective ● To figure out the commands on the UNIX terminal to complete the steps listed under The Task . Resources Needed ● PC with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or higher installed, OR ● Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or higher installed in a VirtualBox or VMware virtual machine, OR ● A running instance of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or higher on AWS About the Lab The purpose of this lab is for you to try some commands and observe their output and the command feedback (error messages and so on) on the screen. The Task Create a directory structure in your HOME directory and try different commands until you feel comfortable with directories and file manipulation commands. 1. Open a new terminal and clear your command history. Feel free to Google around if you don’t seem to find the option to use with the history command that clears your history. ● history -p 2. Switch to the usr directory under the root directory. ● cd /usr/ 3. Display the path to your current directory. ● pwd ● Output: /usr 4. Change to your HOME directory using the shortest possible command. Then use two other commands you can use to do the same. ● cd ● cd ~ ● cd $HOME 5. Display the path to your HOME directory. ● pwd ● Output: /Users/ramankumar 6. List the contents of your current (home) directory. ● ls -l 7. Create three new directories named dir1 , dir2 , and dir3 under your current (home) directory using a single command. ● mkdir dir1 dir2 dir3 8. Use the command to visually confirm that the directories above were created. ● ls -l 9. While staying in your home directory, create an empty file called abc in the dir1 directory using the vi editor. ● vi dir1/abc 10. While staying in your home directory, show the contents of the dir1 directory. ● ls dir1 Page 1 of 3