Linux File Paths & Navigation

The questions in this quizizz are cumulative (they build on previous ones), so you need to keep track. Do you have pen & paper ready, and will you ask questions if you have any confusions or concerns?

• By aye, sir

• Not even when black holes have dissipated

We just logged on and our user name is student. How do we find out what our home directory is? Type only the full command.

Choose any that applies: What is most likely the output in the last question (from pwd)?

• /home

• /

• /home/student

• /home/student/

• home/student

1. Write down the absolute path to the directory named include on the far left of the figure.

1. Write down the relative path from the directory /home to the file .bashrc in fred on the right.

Your working directory is /home/sue/Pictures/. You want to create a readme file in the Desktop dir underneath Sue (/home/sue/Desktop). What's the first command you should enter?

• ls

• touch readme

• mkdir readme

• cd ..

• cd Desktop

Your working directory is /home/sue/Pictures/. You want to create a readme file in the Desktop dir underneath Sue (/home/sue/Desktop). What's the first command you should enter?

• ls

• touch readme

• mkdir readme

• cd ..

• cd Desktop

You're the sue and you're in your home directory. You want to go to the home directory (/home). What is the shortest command you can use?

• cd

• cd /

• cd /home

• cd ~

• cd ..

Your working directory is /home/sue/Pictures

You want to create the following file structure:

/home/fred/Docs/pets/fido.txt

The required directories already exist. What single command should you enter?

Your home directory's /home/sue. Your working directory is the pets dir at the bottom right. Which command below gets you back to your home dir but is not the shortest?

• cd

• cd /

• cd /home/sue

• cd ~

• cd ..