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2 Now create a new file in your home directory and copy it to the /tmp/test
To list the contents of home directories of other users, enter ls ~username . In the
example directory tree in
(page 335), one of the sample users is tux. In this case, ls ~tux would list the contents
of the home directory of tux.
NOTE: Handling Blanks in Filenames or Directory Names
If a filename contains a space, either escape the space using a back slash (\)
in front of the blank or enclose the filename in single or double quotes. Other-
wise Bash interprets a filename like My Documents as the names of two files
or directories. The difference between single and double quotes is that variable
expansion takes place within double quotes. Single quotes ensure that the shell
sees the quoted string literally.
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1b In your home directory, enter mkdir /tmp/test. mkdir stands for
"make directory". This command creates a new directory named test in
the /tmp directory. In this case, use an absolute path to create the directory.
1c To check what happened, now enter ls -l /tmp. The new directory test
should appear in the list of contents of the /tmp directory.
directory by using a relative path.
2a Enter touch myfile.txt. The touch command with the myfile.txt
option creates a new, empty file named myfile.txt in your current direc-
tory.
2b Check this by entering ls -l. The new file should appear in the list of
contents.
2c Enter cp myfile.txt ../tmp/test. This copies myfile.txt to
the directory /tmp/test without changing the name of the file.
2d Check this by entering ls -l /tmp/test. The file myfile.txt should
appear in the list of contents for /tmp/test.
Figure 17.4, "Excerpt from a Standard Directory Tree"