Windows Command Line (Exercise 1)
Name : MUHAMMAD SYAFIQ BIN MOHD NAZRI
Student number : 2022891926
A command line interface (CLI) is a way of interacting with a computer directly by typing text commands
In this exercise, your task is to create the following directory structure:
1st level (top) Lesson
2nd level notes tutorial
3rd level Topic1 Topic2 Topic3 Lab
4th level <your name> Lab Work
1. Open the Windows command line interface program.
Type cmd and press Enter.
2. What is the path of your current working directory?
e.g.
Answer:
C:\Users\Muhammad Syafiq
3. Inside your current working directory, create a new directory. Name the directory as Lesson.
Answer:
C:\Users\Muhammad Syafiq>mkdir Lesson
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4. Go inside Lesson, and create another directory. Name the directory as notes.
Answer:
C:\Users\Muhammad Syafiq>cd Lesson
C:\Users\Muhammad Syafiq\Lesson>mkdir notes
5. Go inside notes (second level). Give a single command to create TWO (2) directories. Name the
directories as Topic1, Topic2 and Topic3.
cd notes
mkdir Topic1 Topic2 Topic3
6. Go back to the first level
Answer:
C:\Users\Muhammad Syafiq\Lesson\notes>cd..
7. Now that you are currently at the first level (Lesson directory). Give a single command to create
a directory at the second level (name it as tutorial) and its sub directory at the third level (name
it as Lab)
mkdir tutorial\Lab
(Note: backslash \ in the above command indicates a sub directory)
8. From Lesson (your current working directory), Give a single command to go directly to Lab.
Answer:
C:\Users\Muhammad Syafiq\Lesson>cd toturial\Lab
9. From Lab (your current working directory), create a new directory (at fourth level) and name the
directory as “Lab Work”.
mkdir “Lab Work”
(Note: if the directory’s name is more than one word, you need to use double quotation mark.)
10. From your current working directory (third level), go to notes directory (second level).
Answer:
C:\Users\Muhammad Syafiq\Lesson\toturial\Lab>cd..
C:\Users\Muhammad Syafiq\Lesson\toturial>cd..
C:\Users\Muhammad Syafiq\Lesson>cd notes
11. From notes directory (your current working directory), go into Topic3 directory using the
following ‘auto complete’ method:
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I. Type cd (command for changing directory)
II. Press [space bar]
III. Type To (a portion of the directory’s name Topic)
IV. Press [tab] key 3 times (until Topic3 name appear)
V. Press [ENTER]
12. Inside Topic3 directory, create a new directory. Use your name as the directory’s name.
Answer:
C:\Users\Muhammad Syafiq\Lesson\notes\Topic3>mkdir Syafiq
13. Go to the first level (Lesson directory)
Answer:
C:\Users\Muhammad Syafiq\Lesson\notes\Topic3>cd..
C:\Users\Muhammad Syafiq\Lesson\notes>cd..
14. Display your directory structure using tree command.
tree
15. Use [Snip & Sketch] tools to select the screenshot of your directory structure. (Refer the
following image as the example)
16. Paste the screenshot on this document
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Paste the screenshot here
