Why file management is daily work in Linux CLI - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to list all files in the current directory.

Linux CLI

ls [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

A-x

B-z

C-l

D-q

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using options that do not list files or show details.

The -l option lists files with detailed information like size and date.

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medium

Complete the command to create a new directory named 'docs'.

Linux CLI

mkdir [1]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Adocs

Bdocuments

Cdoc

Ddoc_files

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using a different directory name than asked.

The command mkdir docs creates a directory named 'docs'.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to move 'file.txt' to the 'docs' directory.

Linux CLI

mv [1] docs/

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Afile

Bfile.tx

Cfiletxt

Dfile.txt

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Missing the file extension or misspelling the file name.

The file name must be exact. file.txt is the correct name.

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hard

Fill both blanks to copy all '.txt' files from 'docs' to 'backup'.

Linux CLI

cp [1] [2]

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Adocs/*.txt

Bbackup/

Cdocs/

D*.txt

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong source or destination paths.

docs/*.txt selects all text files in 'docs'. backup/ is the destination directory.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to find and delete all '.log' files in the current directory.

Linux CLI

find . -name [1] -type [2] -exec [3] {} \;

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A"*.log"

Bf

Crm

Dd

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using wrong file type or command to delete files.

"*.log" matches log files, -type f means files, and rm deletes them.