devops-exercises/topics/linux/exercises/copy/solution.md

Copy Time

Objectives

1. Create an empty file called x in /tmp
2. Copy the x file you created to your home directory
3. Create a copy of x file called y
4. Create a directory called files and move x and y there
5. Copy the directory "files" and name the copy copy_of_files
6. Rename copy_of_files directory to files2
7. Remove files and files2 directories

Solution

touch /tmp/x
cp x ~/
cp x y
mkdir files
cp x files
cp y files
cp -r files copy_of_files
mv copy_of_files files2
rm -rf files files2