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→Part 1: Creating Directories
# '''Login''' your matrix account.<br><br>
# Issue a command to '''confirm''' you are located in your home directory. You should know how to do this from the previous tutorial.<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">mkdir uli101</span><br><br>'''NOTE:''' You should always confirm that you have created a directory. This can be done by issuing the ls command.<br><br>[[Image:directory-structure-4.png|thumb|right|350px|'''Creating''' and '''Confirming''' the Creation of a Directory.]]# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ls uli101</span><br><br>There are no contents that are contained in this newly-created directory; therefore, no contents appear. A useful option '''-d''' can be used to confirm that the actual <u>directory</u> has been created as opposed to viewing the contents of the directory.<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold">ls -d uli101</span><br><br>You should now see just the directory listed. You can also combine the -d and -l options to provide more detail regarding the newly-created directory.<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command:<span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold">ls -d -l uli101</span><br><br>How can you confirm from the output of this command that the file uli101 is a directory?<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command:<span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ls -ld uli101</span><br><br>Is the output from this command the same was the output from the previous command? If so, what does this say about how to use multiple options for Linux commands?<br><br># Issue the following Linux command to create the apc100 and xyz100 directories:<span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">mkdir apc100 xyz100</span><br><br>'''NOTE:''' You should now notice that you can create multiple directories by issuing the mkdir with multiple arguments.<br><br># Issue the following Linux command to confirm that those directories have been created: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">ls -ld apc100 xyz100</span><br><br># We will now create the subdirectories that are contained in the '''uli101''' directory. Issue the following Linux command to move to the uli101 directory: <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">cd uli101</span><br><br>
# Issue a command to confirm that your current location is in the uli101 directory. You should know how to issue this command from a previous tutorial.<br><br>
# Issue the following Linux command to create the directories called '''notes''', '''tutorials''' and '''examples''': <span style="color:blue;font-weight:bold;font-family:courier;">mkdir notes tutorials examples</span><br><br>
# Issue a Linux command to confirm that those directories have been created. You should know how to do this...<br><br>
#This technique is considered to be '''inefficient'''... There are options and ways to create the same directory structure without using the cd command and only issue a single Linux command.<br><br>Using this inefficient method tends to show that you are a novice or "'''newbie'''", and you may '''lose marks''' if you issue multiple Linux commands to performed tasks that can be performed using only a single Linux command.<br><br>Although we will teach you how to '''remove''' directories and their contents in a future section, let's change back to your '''home''' directory and issue a command to '''remove the directory structure''' that you just created so you can learn a more efficient method of creating the same directory structure.<br><br>
