SUSE Linux Enterprise Administration

3- 4 Change Directories and List Directory Contents

Description:

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In this exercise, you learn how to use the cd, pwd, and ls commands, change the

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current directory and list the directory contents.

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Task 1: Open a terminal session

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1. On server1, as the user tux, open a terminal by clicking on the Activities menu and
type:
terminal

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When the Terminal icon appears, click on it to start a terminal session

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Task 2: Navigate Around the File System
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1. From the tux user’s home directory, describe what directories the following characters
refer to:
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..
2. Change to the /tmp directory by entering:
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cd /tmp
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3. Display the name of the current directory by entering:

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pwd
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4. Change to the home directory by entering:

cd ~
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5. Display the name of the current directory by entering:

pwd
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6. Change to the /usr/share/doc directory by entering:

cd /usr/share/doc
7. Display the name of the current directory by entering:
pwd
8. Change back to tux’s home directory by entering:
cd -

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9. Display the name of the current directory by entering:
pwd

Task 3: List Directory Contents

1. Display the content of the current directory by entering:
ls

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2. Display the content of the current directory, including the hidden files, by entering:

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ls -a

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3. View the permissions and the file sizes of all the files in the current directory by
entering:

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ls -la
4. List the contents of the current directory and display the classification indicators for the
various file types with:

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ls -lF

Note what file types the various indicators match up with, */=>@|. For example,
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directories will have a / character appended to the end indicating a directory. What
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does the * character indicate?

Hint: You can find the answers to the above by using the info ls command, and
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searching for the phrase classify.

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Summary:
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In this exercise, you the file system and displayed the content of the current directory.
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