MISSION 95

Working with Files

Learn how to work with files from the command line.

Objectives

  • Learn to edit and manage file permissioins from the command line.
  • Learn to copy, move, and delete files from the command line.

Mission Outline

1. Making a File
2. Understanding Standard Streams
3. Redirecting Standard Streams
4. Editing a File
5. Overview of File Permissions
6. Octal Notation for File Permissions
7. Modifying File Permissions
8. Moving Files
9. Copying Files
10. Overview of File Extensions
11. Deleting a File
12. Bypassing Permissions as the Root User
13. Takeaways

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Course Info:

Command Line Beginner

Beginner

The median completion time for this course is 6.12 hours. View details

This course requires a basic subscription. It includes six missions, and three guided projects It is the eighth course in the Data Analyst in Python path and Data Scientist in Python path.

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