Project $4-3$

ESTIMATED TIME: $20$ minutes

OBJECTIVE: Organize files and directories.

DESCRIPTION: In this hands$-$on project, you use the mv command to rename and move files and directories.

$1$

Switch to a command$-$line terminal $($tty$5)$ by pressing Ctrl$+$Alt$+$F$5$ and log in to the terminal using the user name of root and the password of LINUXrocks!.

$2$

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

$3$

At the command prompt, type mv sample$1$ and press Enter. What error message was displayed and why?

$4$

At the command prompt, type mv sample$1$ sample$4$ and press Enter. Next, type ls $-$F sample$*$ at the command prompt and press Enter. How many files are listed and what are their names? What happened to sample$1?$

$5$

At the command prompt, type mv sample$4$ mysamples and press Enter. Next, type ls $-$F sample$*$ at the command prompt and press Enter. How many files are there and what are their names? Where did sample$4$ go$?$

$6$

At the command prompt, type cd mysamples and press Enter. Next, type ls $-$F sample$*$ at the command prompt and press Enter. Notice that the sample$4$ file you moved in Step $5$ was moved here.

$7$

At the command prompt, type mv sample$4..$ and press Enter. Next, type ls $-$F sample$*$ at the command prompt and press Enter. How many files are there and what are their names? Where did the sample$4$ file go$?$

$8$

At the command prompt, type cd $..$ and press Enter. Next, type ls $-$F at the command prompt and press Enter to view the new location of sample$4.$

$9$

At the command prompt, type mv sample$4$ mysamples$/$sample$2$ and press Enter. What message appeared on the screen and why?

$10$

Type y and press Enter to confirm you want to overwrite the file in the destination folder.

$11$

At the command prompt, type mv sample? mysamples and press Enter. Type y and press Enter to confirm you want to overwrite the file sample$3$ in the destination folder.

$12$

At the command prompt, type ls $-$F sample$*$ and press Enter. How many files are there and why?

$13$

At the command prompt, type mv sample$1*$ mysamples and press Enter. Type y and press Enter to confirm you want to overwrite the file sample$1$B in the destination directory.

$14$

At the command prompt, type ls $-$F sample$*$ and press Enter. Notice that there are no sample files in the $/$root directory.

$15$

At the command prompt, type cd mysamples and press Enter. Next, type ls $-$F at the command prompt and press Enter. Notice that all files originally in $/$root have been moved to this directory.

$16$

At the command prompt, type cd $..$ and press Enter. Next, type ls $-$F at the command prompt and press Enter. Type mv mysamples samples and press Enter. Next, type ls $-$F at the command prompt and press Enter. Why did you not need to specify the recursive option to the mv command to rename the mysamples directory to samples?

$17$

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