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Using Absolute and Relative Paths
In this hands-on lab, we will practice using absolute and relative paths. Understanding the difference between absolute and relative paths is a critical component to working with files and directories in Linux.
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Challenge
Use Absolute Paths to Move the File
- Use
cat
and redirection to place the contents of the filePractice/Test/free
into a new file namedvalue.txt
in your home directory.
cat /home/cloud_user/Practice/Test/free > /home/cloud_user/value.txt
- Use
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Challenge
Use Relative Paths to Move the File
- Change to the
/usr/share
directory.
cd /usr/share
- Use
cat
and redirection to place the contents of the filePractice/Test/sys/fs/xfs/stats/stats
into the newly created filevalue.txt
in your home directory.
cat ../../home/cloud_user/Practice/Test/sys/fs/xfs/stats/stats >> ../../home/cloud_user/value.txt
- Change to the
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