3.6.4. Manipulating files
Create a new directory in your home directory.
Can you move this directory to the same level as your home directory?
Copy all XPM files from /usr/share/pixmaps to the new directory. What does XPM mean?
List the files in reverse alphabetical order.
Change to your home directory. Create a new directory and copy all the files of the /etc directory into it. Make sure that you also copy the files and directories which are in the subdirectories of /etc ! (recursive copy)
Change into the new directory and make a directory for files starting with an upper case character and one for files starting with a lower case character. Move all the files to the appropriate directories. Use as few commands as possible.
Remove the remaining files.
Delete the directory and its entire content using a single command.
Use grep to find out which script starts the Font Server in the graphical run level.
Where is the sendmail server program?
Make a symbolic link in your home directory to /var/tmp . Check that it really works.
Make another symbolic link in your home directory to this link. Check that it works. Remove the first link and list directory content. What happened to the second link?
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