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Exercise 3: File Management

Task 1: Create, Move, Copy, and Delete Files and Directories

Objective: To practice basic file and directory operations in Linux.

Steps:

Step 1: Create Files and Directories

• Use the ‘mkdir‘ command to create a new directory:

1 mkdir my_directory

• Use the ‘touch‘ command to create a new file:

1 touch my_file.txt

Step 2: Move and Rename Files and Directories

• Use the ‘mv‘ command to move a file or directory to a new location or rename it:

1 mv my_file.txt my_directory/

2 mv oldname.txt newname.txt

Step 3: Copy Files and Directories

• Use the ‘cp‘ command to copy files or directories:

1 cp my_file.txt my_directory/

2 cp-r my_directory/ my_backup/

Step 4: Delete Files and Directories

• Use the ‘rm‘ command to remove files:

1 rm my_file.txt

• Use ‘rm-r‘ to remove directories and their contents:

1 rm-r my_directory/

Task 2: Organize Files into Directories and Subdirectories

Objective: To structure files in a hierarchical manner for better organization.

Steps:
Step 1: Create Directories and Subdirectories

• Use the ‘mkdir‘ command with the ‘-p‘ option to create directories and subdirectories:

1 mkdir-p parent_directory/child_directory/grandchild_directory

Step 2: Move Files into Directories

• Move files into the newly created directories:

1 mv file1.txt parent_directory/

2 mv file2.txt parent_directory/child_directory/

Step 3: Verify Directory Structure

• List the contents of the directories to ensure files are organized correctly:

1 ls-R parent_directory/

Task 3: Search for Files and Content Within Files

Objective: To find files and search for content within files using various commands.

Steps:

Step 1: Search for Files Using ‘find‘

• Use the ‘find‘ command to locate files:

1 find /path/to/search-name "filename.txt"

2 find .-type f-name "*.txt" # Search for all .txt files in the current directory and

subdirectories

Step 2: Locate Files Using ‘locate‘

• Use the ‘locate‘ command to quickly find files:

1 locate filename.txt

Step 3: Search for Content Within Files Using ‘grep‘

• Use the ‘grep‘ command to search for specific content within files:

1 grep "search_term" filename.txt

2 grep-r "search_term" /path/to/search/ # Recursively search for content in all files in

a director

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