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→INVESTIGATION 1: LINKING FILES
# Issue the following Linux command to create the following hard link in the same directory: <br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ln ~/links/data-file.txt ~/links/data-file.hard.lnk</span><br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command to display i-node ID numbers for <u>both</u> files:<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ls -i ~/links/data-file.txt ~/links/data-file.hard.lnk</span><br><br>What do you notice about both of these file's i-node numbers?<br><br>
# Use a text editor to edit the file '''<span style="font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">~/links/data-file.txt''' </span> and add some additional lines to this the bottom of that file.<br><br>
# Save your editing session and exit your text editor.<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">cat ~/links/data-file.hard.lnk</span><br><br>What do you noticed what happened to this linked file?<br><br>