Knowledge check

For the following exercises, open up your Terminal and try to solve the following tasks:

1. Create three files hacker1, hacker2, and hacker3 in your home directory.
2. Create three directories Linux, Windows, and Mac in your home directory.
3. Create a file named cool inside the Linux directory you created in task 2.
4. Create a file named boring inside the Windows directory you created in task 2.
5. Create a file named expensive in the Mac directory you created in task 2.
6. Copy the two files hacker1 and hacker2 to the /tmp directory.
7. Copy the two directories Windows and Mac to the /tmp directory.
8. Move the file hacker3 to the /tmp directory.
9. Move the directory Linux to the /tmp directory.
10. Remove the file expensive from the Mac directory (in your home directory).
11. Remove the directory Mac from your home directory.
12. Remove the directory Windows from your home directory.
13. Remove the file hacker2 from your home directory.
14. Rename the file hacker1 to hacker01.

True or false

1. The cp command can copy directories without using the recursive option -r.
2. You have to use the recursive option -r when moving directories.
3. You can use the mv command to rename files or directories.
4. You can remove a non-empty directory with the rmdir command.
5. You can remove a non-empty directory with the rm -r command.