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    This document discusses various file and directory manipulation commands in Linux/Unix including cd, pwd, ls, mkdir, rmdir, chmod, and their usage. It provides examples of: 1. Changing to the home directory using cd without arguments or cd ~. 2. Viewing directories using ls -l. 3. The default permissions for new directories being 0777. 4. Using chmod to change permissions for a directory to 777 for all users. 5. The difference between comm and cmp - comm compares sorted files, cmp compares character by character.

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    This document discusses various file and directory manipulation commands in Linux/Unix including cd, pwd, ls, mkdir, rmdir, chmod, and their usage. It provides examples of: 1. Changing to the home directory using cd without arguments or cd ~. 2. Viewing directories using ls -l. 3. The default permissions for new directories being 0777. 4. Using chmod to change permissions for a directory to 777 for all users. 5. The difference between comm and cmp - comm compares sorted files, cmp compares character by character.

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    Practical No 7 (OSY)

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    This document discusses various file and directory manipulation commands in Linux/Unix including cd, pwd, ls, mkdir, rmdir, chmod, and their usage. It provides examples of: 1. Changing to the home directory using cd without arguments or cd ~. 2. Viewing directories using ls -l. 3. The default permissions for new directories being 0777. 4. Using chmod to change permissions for a directory to 777 for all users. 5. The difference between comm and cmp - comm compares sorted files, cmp compares character by character.

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    Assignment No.7: Execute file and directory manipulation commands-diff,


    comm pr, chmod, mkdir, rmdir, cd, pwd, dir, emp. (Use wild card
    character).

    1. How to shift from Root directory to User (Home) directory?


    Ans:
    $cd using cd command without specifying any argument will always shift the terminal to
    home directory or the command $cd ~ will do the same job.

    2. How to see directories?


    Ans:
    When can see the directories using $Is –d */ command.

    3. What is default set of permissions given by the system to the directory?


    Ans:
    The default umask value is 0022 which decides the default permission for a new file and
    directory the default permission for a directory is 0777.

    4. Assign all the permissions to your directory for all the users using symbolic and octal
    method.
    Ans:
    chmod 777/ home => octal method
    Where 7 => read, write and execute
    (4) + (2) + (1)

    5. What is difference between comm and cmp command?


    Ans:
    i. comm: This command is used to compose two sorted file.
    ii. cmp: This command is used to compose two files character by character.

    6. Write the command for performing the following tasks sequentially.


    a) Display your current directory.
    $pwd => display current working directory.

    b) Create a directory ‘subject’ in the current directory.


    $mkdir subject =. Create directory named subject.

    c) Create a file ‘sample’ in the directory ‘subject’.


    Subject $touch sample

    d) Remove the write permission for the owner for ‘sample’ using symbolic method.
    Chmod u__w_sample

    7. What are the permissions assigned to the file/files after execution of following commands?
    a) $chmod 700 abc
    Assign read, write and execute permission to user for file abc.

    b) $chmod u+rwx, go-rwx file1 file2


    Assign read, write and execute permission to user remove all permission form
    group other for file 1 and 2.

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    c) $chmod 536 xyz
    Assign write and execute to user read and execute to group and read and write to
    other.

    8. Create new files pqr and prql. Perform the commands.


    a) $chmod ugo=r pqr
    Assign read permission to the user group and other for file pqr.

    b) $chmod ugo=r pqrl


    Assign the read permission to the user group and other file pqrl.

    9. Assign read and write permission for the owner, write permission for the group and
    execute permission for others using octal method for file mfile.
    Ans:
    $chmod 62: mfile
    The above command will assign read and write permission to user write permission to
    group and execute permission to other.

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