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Recap - Directory Operations

Part of the Fundamentals section of Coddy's Terminal journey — lesson 20 of 82.

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Challenge

Easy

Put all your directory operation skills together!

  1. Create a new directory called projects using mkdir
  2. Copy the documents directory into projects as documents_backup using cp -r
  3. Rename projects/documents_backup to projects/archive using mv
  4. Delete the original documents directory using rm -r
  5. List the contents of the current directory using ls
  6. List the contents of the projects directory using ls projects

You will need to run six commands in order. Think carefully about each step — especially when deleting!

Try it yourself

Terminal

All lessons in Fundamentals

1Introduction

What Is The TerminalYour First CommandComments

4Directories

Create A DirectoryCopy A DirectoryMove And Rename A DirectoryDelete A DirectoryRecap - Directory Operations

7File Content

Head And TailWord CountSort CommandUnique CommandGrep BasicsGrep With FlagsRecap - Text Detective

10Log Analyzer Project

Project OverviewViewing The Log FileProject lessonFiltering ErrorsProject lessonCounting OccurrencesProject lessonGenerating A ReportProject lesson

13Shell Scripting Basics

What Is A Shell ScriptCreate And Run A ScriptVariables In ScriptsUser Input In ScriptsIf StatementFor LoopWhile LoopRecap - Number Guesser

2Navigation

Print Working DirectoryList FilesChange DirectoryAbsolute vs Relative PathsHome And Root DirectoryRecap - Find Your Way

5Organize Photos Project

Project OverviewCreating The StructureProject lessonMoving The FilesProject lessonCleaning UpProject lesson

8Redirection

Standard OutputOverwrite To A FileAppend To A FileStandard InputStandard ErrorRecap - Log Builder

11Permissions

Understanding PermissionsReading PermissionsChmod With NumbersChmod With SymbolsFile OwnershipRecap - Lock It Down

14Backup Script Project

Project OverviewGetting The Source PathProject lessonCreating Backup FolderProject lessonCopying The FilesProject lessonAdding A TimestampProject lessonSuccess MessageProject lesson

3Files

Create A FileRead A FileCopy A FileMove And Rename A FileDelete A FileRecap - File Operations

6Wildcards And Patterns

The Star WildcardThe Question Mark WildcardBracket WildcardsCombining WildcardsRecap - Selective Operations

9Piping

What Is A PipeChaining Two CommandsChaining Multiple CommandsPipe With GrepRecap - Data Pipeline

12Environment

Environment VariablesView All VariablesThe PATH VariableSetting A VariableExport A VariableThe Profile FileRecap - Custom Environment

15Final Challenges

File Organizer By TypeWord Frequency CounterSystem Health Checker