Question

Execute the following UNIX commands and paste the results in a text editor like Microsoft Word

1. Create a directory using “mkdir” and name the directory “test”

2. Change directory to test

3. In the test directory, create a file using nano and name the file “NewDoc.c”

4. Use “cd ..”

5. Execute “ls”

6. Create a file “temp.c” using nano

7. Delete “temp.c” using the “rm” command.

Execute each command in the question, copy and paste the result from the terminal window into Microsoft word or any text editor.

Answer 1

ankesh@zzz:~$ mkdir test
ankesh@zzz:~$ cd test
ankesh@zzz:~/test$ nano NewDoc.c
ankesh@zzz:~/test$ cd ..
ankesh@zzz:~$ ls
alsa-info.sh examples.desktop Public test
Desktop kde-config-touchpad_0.8.1-2_all.deb Resume.DOCX
Documents Music snap Videos
Downloads Pictures Templates xyz
ankesh@zzz:~$ nano temp.c
ankesh@zzz:~$ rm temp.c

Explanation:

mkdir- It is used to create a directory.

cd- to change directory. Here changing the directory to test.

nano- It is a text editor for unix like operating system. You can open file using this command. If the file doesn't exist, then it will

create a file with the provided name and then open it. After it open the file, you can write in the file and to save it press

ctrl+o -> Enter -> ctrl+x.

cd ..- It is used to change the directory to the previous one.

ls- It is used to list the contents of the current working directory. In the above case, all the file and directories are present in my system.

rm- It is used to remove/delete a file or directory. In the aboove case temp.c will be deleted