Cleaning Up
Part of the Fundamentals section of Coddy's Terminal journey — lesson 24 of 82.
Challenge
MediumGreat work! Time to do the final cleanup to finish the project:
- Rename
nature/beach.jpgtonature/beach_edited.jpgusingmv - Copy
notes.txtinto each of the three photo folders (nature/,travel/,family/) usingcp - Delete the original
notes.txtfrom the home directory usingrm - Verify the final state by listing:
- The home directory with
ls - The nature folder with
ls nature - The travel folder with
ls travel - The family folder with
ls family
- The home directory with
When done, your home directory should only contain the three folders — no loose files. Each folder should have its photos plus a copy of
notes.txt.
Try it yourself
Terminal
mv beach.jpg nature/
mv mountain.jpg nature/
mv sunset.jpg nature/
mv paris.jpg travel/
mv family.jpg family/
ls nature
ls travel
ls familyAll lessons in Fundamentals
4Directories
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