Marvel-Themed Linux cp Practices: 10 Exercises
Practice 1: Copying a Single File
Objective: Learn to use the cp command to copy files.
Instructions:
1. Open your Linux terminal.
2. Navigate to the Marvel directory using cd Marvel.
3. Create a file: touch [Link].
4. Copy the file to a new file named [Link] using:
cp [Link] [Link].
5. Use ls to verify the new file exists.
Practice 2: Copying Multiple Files
Objective: Use cp to copy multiple files simultaneously.
Instructions:
1. Inside the Marvel directory, create files:
touch [Link] [Link] [Link].
2. Copy all files to a new directory named Backup using:
mkdir Backup
cp [Link] [Link] [Link] Backup/.
3. Verify the copied files by listing the contents of Backup.
Practice 3: Copying Directories Recursively
Objective: Use cp to copy entire directories and their contents.
Instructions:
1. Inside the Marvel directory, create a directory with subdirectories:
mkdir -p Phase1/IronMan Phase1/Thor Phase1/Hulk.
2. Copy the entire Phase1 directory to a new location named Phase1Backup
using:
cp -r Phase1 Phase1Backup.
3. Verify the copied directory structure with ls -R Phase1Backup.
Practice 4: Preserving File Attributes
Objective: Use cp to copy files while preserving attributes like timestamps and
permissions.
Instructions:
1. Inside the Marvel directory, create a file:
touch [Link].
2. Change its permissions using: chmod 600 [Link].
3. Copy the file to Backup while preserving attributes:
cp -p [Link] Backup/.
4. Verify the permissions and timestamps in the copied file using ls -l
Backup/[Link].
Practice 5: Copying Hidden Files
Objective: Learn to copy hidden files using cp.
Instructions:
1. Inside the Marvel directory, create a hidden file:
touch .[Link].
2. Copy the hidden file to the Backup directory:
cp .[Link] Backup/.
3. Use ls -a Backup to verify the hidden file is copied.
Practice 6: Copying Files Based on Wildcards
Objective: Use wildcards with cp to copy specific sets of files.
Instructions:
1. Inside the Marvel directory, create files:
touch [Link] [Link] [Link].
2. Use a wildcard to copy all files starting with "Avengers":
cp Avengers*.txt Backup/.
3. Verify the copied files in the Backup directory.
Practice 7: Interactive Copying
Objective: Use cp with the -i option to prompt before overwriting files.
Instructions:
1. Inside the Marvel directory, create two identical files:
touch [Link]
cp [Link] Backup/[Link].
2. Try copying [Link] again to Backup with -i:
cp -i [Link] Backup/.
3. Observe the prompt before overwriting.
Practice 8: Copying Files with Verbose Output
Objective: Use the -v option with cp to display detailed output.
Instructions:
1. Inside the Marvel directory, create files:
touch [Link] [Link].
2. Copy the files to the Backup directory with verbose output:
cp -v [Link] [Link] Backup/.
3. Observe the detailed output showing each file being copied.
Practice 9: Copying Files Between Directories
Objective: Use cp to copy files between unrelated directories.
Instructions:
1. Create a new directory named Villains in the Marvel directory:
mkdir Villains.
2. Copy files from the Backup directory to the Villains directory:
cp Backup/* Villains/.
3. Verify the copied files in the Villains directory with ls.
Practice 10: Testing cp Without Executing
Objective: Use the --no-clobber option to test copying without overwriting existing
files.
Instructions:
1. Inside the Marvel directory, create a file:
touch [Link].
2. Copy the file to Backup, then try copying it again with --no-clobber:
cp --no-clobber [Link] Backup/.
3. Observe that the file is not overwritten.
