Exercises

1.Is each of the following an absolute pathname, a relative pathname, or a simple filename?

  1. milk_co

  2. correspond/business/milk_co

  3. /home/alex

  4. /home/alex/literature/promo

  5. . .

  6. letter.0610

2.List the commands you can use to

  1. Make your home directory the working directory

  2. Identify the working directory

3.If your working directory is /home/alex with a subdirectory named literature, give three sets of commands that you can use to create a subdirectory named classics under literature. Also give several sets of commands that you can use to remove the classics directory and its contents.
4.The df utility displays all mounted filesystems along with information about each. Use the df utility with the –h (humanly readable) option to answer the following questions. ...

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