Lab $2\mathrm{.}1$ Manage Files

STEP $1.$ Open a terminal window.

Answer: Click Applications in the menu bar, then Utilities, then Terminal.

STEP $2.$ Display your current directory.

Answer: Enter the following:

pwd

STEP $3.$ Using an absolute pathname, switch to the $/$etc directory.

Answer: Enter the following:

cd $/$etc

STEP $4.$ Using a relative pathname, move to the $/$etc$/$skel directory.

Answer: Enter the following:

cd skel

STEP $5.$ Using a relative pathname, move up one directory.

Answer: Enter the following:

cd

STEP $6.$ List the files in the current directory.

Answer: Enter the following:

ls

STEP $7.$ Perform a $$long display$$ listing of the files in the current directory.

Answer: Enter the following:

ls $-$l

STEP $8.$ List all the files in the current directory that begin with the letter s$.$

Answer: Enter the following:

ls s$*$

STEP $9.$ Run the command that will determine the type of contents in the $/$etc$/$group file.

Answer: Enter the following:

file $/$etc$/$group

STEP $10.$ Display only the last five lines of the $/$etc$/$group file.

Answer: Enter the following:

tail $-$n $5/$etc$/$group

STEP $11.$ Execute the command to return to your home directory.

Answer: Enter the following:

cd

STEP $12.$ Make a directory named data in the current directory.

Answer: Enter the following:

mkdir data

STEP $13.$ Copy the $/$etc$/$passwd file into the data directory.

Answer: Enter the following:

cp $/$etc$/$passwd data

STEP $14.$ Copy the $/$etc$/$ppp directory into the current directory $($and ignore any $$Permission denied$$ error messages$).$

Answer: Enter the following:

cp $-$r $/$etc$/$ppp

STEP $15.$ Rename the ppp directory that is located in the current directory to peers.

Answer: Enter the following:

mv ppp peers

STEP $16.$ Update the timestamp of the data$/$passwd file to the current date and time.

Answer: Enter the following:

touch data$/$passwd

STEP $17.$ Create a new empty file named test in the data directory.

Answer: Enter the following:

touch data$/$test

STEP $18.$ Delete the data$/$passwd file.

Answer: Enter the following:

rm data$/$passwd

STEP $19.$ Delete the peers directory.

Answer: Enter the following:

rm $-$r peers