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Shell Commands for Directory Management

The document provides a lab guide for working with shell commands, including checking user home directories, creating and managing directories, and using git commands. It includes specific command examples for tasks such as creating, moving, renaming, and deleting directories. The guide serves as a practical reference for users to perform basic shell operations.

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Shell Commands for Directory Management

The document provides a lab guide for working with shell commands, including checking user home directories, creating and managing directories, and using git commands. It includes specific command examples for tasks such as creating, moving, renaming, and deleting directories. The guide serves as a practical reference for users to perform basic shell operations.

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4/9/25, 10:40 AM 04-lab-working-with-shell.

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Lab - Working with shell


Access Hands-On Labs here Hands-On-Labs

1. To check the home directory for a particular user say bob

$ grep bob /etc/passwd | cut -d ":" -f6

2. To check the home directory for a particular user using built in shell variables

$ echo $HOME

3. In the command echo Welcome, what does the word Welcome represent with respect to the
command?

$ echo Welcome
- Where Welcome is an argument

4. To check git command type

$ type git

5. To create a directory

$ mkdir /home/bob/birds

6. To create directories recursively

$ mkdir -p /home/bob/fish/salmon

7. Create few more directories

$ mkdir -p /home/bob/mammals/elephant
$ mkdir -p /home/bob/mammals/monkey
$ mkdir /home/bob/birds/eagle
$ mkdir -p /home/bob/reptile/snake

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$ mkdir -p /home/bob/reptile/frog
$ mkdir -p /home/bob/amphibian/salamander

8. To move a directory

$ mv /home/bob/reptile/frog /home/bob/amphibian

9. To rename a directory

$ mv /home/bob/reptile/snake /home/bob/reptile/crocodile

10. To delete a directory

$ rm -r /home/bob/reptile

[Link] kodekloud/linux-basics-course/docs/02-Working-With-Shell-Part-I/[Link] 2/2

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