Knowledge check

For the following exercises, open up your terminal and try to solve the following tasks:

1. Do a long listing for all the files in /var/log.
2. Display the contents of the file /etc/hostname.
3. Create three files – file1, file2, and file3 – in /home/elliot.
4. List all the files (including hidden files) of elliot's home directory.
5. Create a directory named fsociety in /home/elliot.

True or false

1. /home/root is the home directory of the root user.
2. dir1/dir2/dir3 is an example of an absolute path.
3. /home/elliot/Desktop is an example of an absolute path.
4. touch -m file1 will update file1 access time.
5. mkdir dir1 dir2 dir3 will create three directories – dir1, dir2, and dir3.