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→INVESTIGATION 1: LINKING FILES
# Use a text editor to create a file called '''~/links2/text-file.txt'''<br><br>
# Enter the following text displayed below:<br><br><span style="font-family:courier;font-weight:bold;">This is line one<br>This is line two<br>This is line three<br><br></span>
# Issue the following Linux command to create the following symbolic link in the same directory: <br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ln -s ~/links2/text-file.txt ~/links2/text-file.sym.lnk</span><br><br>
# Issue the '''ls -li''' command for the '''~/links2''' directory.<br><br>What do you notice about both of these file's i-node numbers?<br>What do you notice about the size of the file ~/links2/text-file.sym.lnk?<br>What pathname do you think it represents?<br><br>
# Change to your '''home''' directory.<br><br>