Files and Paths

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Objectives:

• Navigate the Linux file system using both absolute and relative paths
• Perform basic file management operations, including creating, copying, moving, and deleting files and directories

References

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Complete the following problems:

1. Use pwd command to display and record the absolute path of your current working directory.
2. Create two new directories using mkdir
3. Use touch command to create five files
4. Navigate into one of the directories using cd
5. Move one file from your home directory into your current folder using a relative path
6. Use ls to confirm it moved
7. Move one file into the folder using its absolute path
8. Use ls to confirm it moved
9. Create a duplicate of one file in your folder and name the copy FILENAMEbackup using the cp command and relative paths
10. Delete one file in your home folder using rm
11. Perform a long listing ls -l of the home directory to view the final file details and permissions

Deliverables

A document containing the exact commands used for each numbered step, include clearly labelled screenshots of solution showing the successful execution of these commands as proof of testing.