Find out the commands for performing the following tasks in Linux OS, start a command shell and execute them at the command-line interface. You may use command line options with a command as needed. Information about a command and its options can be found in Linux by referring to the manual pages: man command name . The assignment is to be partly completed in the class and partly at home. Some General Commands 1:Print out your user name. 2:Clear the screen. 3:Exiting the command shell. 4:Changing the password. File and Directory Commands 1:Create a directory by the name tmp in your current directory i.e. home directory. 2:Change your current directory to tmp. 3:Print your current directory path. 4:From your current directory which is tmp, go to the parent directory. 5:Using an editor create a new text file, type in some text in it and save it as myfile.txt in your home directory. 6:List the files in the directory. Notice the new file myfile.txt which you created with the editor. 7:List the files in the directory in the long format. 8:Make a copy of the file myfile.txt named newfile1.txt in the same directory. 9:Make a copy of the file myfile.txt in the directory tmp and call it newfile2.txt. Check that the copy has been created by going into tmp and displaying the files in it. Then go back to the parent directory. 10"Move the two txt files from your current home directory into the tmp directory. Check that they have moved by displaying the contents of the current directory. 11:Go to into the tmp directory. Display the contents of this directory. There should be three files in this directory. 12:Rename myfile.txt as newfile3.txt. 13:Display the contents of newfile1.txt. 14:Display the contents of newfile1.txt one page at a time. If the file is small i.e. less than a page this command will have the same effect as the command in (m). 15:Delete the file newfile1.txt. 16:Delete the remaining two files in the directory with one command. 17:Go up into the parent directory and delete the directory tmp..

1. Find out the commands for performing the following tasks in Linux OS, start a command shell
and execute them at the command-line interface. You may use command line options with a
command as needed. Information about a command and its options can be found in Linux by
referring to the manual pages: man command name . The assignment is to be partly completed in
the class and partly at home.
Some General Commands
1:Print out your user name.
2:Clear the screen.
3:Exiting the command shell.
4:Changing the password.
File and Directory Commands
1:Create a directory by the name tmp in your current directory i.e. home directory.
2:Change your current directory to tmp.
3:Print your current directory path.
4:From your current directory which is tmp, go to the parent directory.
5:Using an editor create a new text file, type in some text in it and save it as myfile.txt in your
home directory.
6:List the files in the directory. Notice the new file myfile.txt which you created with the editor.
7:List the files in the directory in the long format.
8:Make a copy of the file myfile.txt named newfile1.txt in the same directory.
9:Make a copy of the file myfile.txt in the directory tmp and call it newfile2.txt. Check that the
copy has been created by going into tmp and displaying the files in it. Then go back to the parent
directory.
10"Move the two txt files from your current home directory into the tmp directory. Check that
they have moved by displaying the contents of the current directory.
11:Go to into the tmp directory. Display the contents of this directory. There should be three files
in this directory.
12:Rename myfile.txt as newfile3.txt.

2. 13:Display the contents of newfile1.txt.
14:Display the contents of newfile1.txt one page at a time. If the file is small i.e. less than a page
this command will have the same effect as the command in (m).
15:Delete the file newfile1.txt.
16:Delete the remaining two files in the directory with one command.
17:Go up into the parent directory and delete the directory tmp.