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→Part 1: Creating Directories
# Issue the following Linux command to remove all of the directories that you have created:<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">rm -r /home/your-seneca-id/uli101xx/ /home/your-seneca-id/acp100xx /home/your-seneca-id/xyz100xx</span><br><br>'''NOTE:''' You will learn how to '''safely''' remove directories and their contents in another section.<br><br>
# Issue the following single Linux command to create the entire directory structure (can wrap over one line):<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">mkdir -p /home/your-seneca-id/uli101xx/notes /home/your-seneca-id/uli101xx/tutorials /home/your-seneca-id/uli101xx/examples /home/your-seneca-id/acp100xx /home/your-seneca-id/xyz100xx</span><br><br>'''NOTE:''' The '''-p''' option allows "parent" directories to be automatically created first to then create their subdirectories.<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command to confirm that all of the directories have been created (can wrap over one line):<br><span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ls -ld /home/your-seneca-id/uli101xx/ /home/your-seneca-id/uli101xx/notes /home/your-seneca-id/uli101xx/tutorials /home/your-seneca-id/uli101xx/examples /home/your-seneca-id/acp100xx /home/your-seneca-id/xyz100xx</span><br><br>'''WOW! That is a LOT of typing! ''' Luckily we will show you next week how to reduce typing by using different types of pathnames <br>(like '''relative''' and '''relative-to-home''' pathnames).<br><br>One <u>good</u> thing from all of this typing is that you will understand FULL pathnames and the proper location of your home directory!<br><br>
'''Running a Shell Script to Check your Work'''
