In this hands-on project, you copy files using the cp command. 1. Switch to a command-l...

In this hands-on project, you copy files using the cp command.

1. Switch to a command-line terminal (tty2) by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2 and log in to the terminal using the user name of root and the password of secret.

2. Next, type ls -F at the command prompt and press Enter. Note the contents of your home folder.

3. At the command prompt, type cp sample1 and press Enter. What error message was displayed and why?

4. At the command prompt, type cp sample1 sample1A and press Enter. Next, type ls -F at the command prompt and press Enter. How many files are there, and what are their names? Why?

5. At the command prompt, type cp sample1 mysamples/sample1B and press Enter. Next, type ls -F at the command prompt and press Enter. How many files are there, and what are their names? Why?

6. At the command prompt, type cd mysamples and press Enter. Next, type ls -F at the command prompt and press Enter. Was sample1B copied successfully?

7. At the command prompt, type cp /root/sample2 . and press Enter. Next, type ls -F at the command prompt and press Enter. How many files are there, and what are their names? Why?

8. At the command prompt, type cp sample1B .. and press Enter. Next, type cd .. at the command prompt and press Enter. At the command prompt, type ls -F and press Enter. Was the sample1B file copied successfully?

9. At the command prompt, type cp sample1 sample2 sample3 mysamples and press Enter. What message do you get and why? Choose y and press Enter. Next, type cd mysamples at the command prompt and press Enter. At the command prompt, type ls -F and press Enter. How many files are there, and what are their names? Why?

10. At the command prompt, type cd .. and press Enter. Next, type cp mysamples mysamples2 at the command prompt and press Enter. What error message did you receive? Why?

11. At the command prompt, type cp –R mysamples mysamples2 and press Enter. Next, type ls –F at the command prompt and press Enter. Was the directory copied successfully? Type ls –F mysamples2 at the command prompt and press Enter. Were the contents of mysamples successfully copied to mysamples2?

12. Type exit and press Enter to log out of your shell.