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• Change to /usr/share/doc.
• Name three programs that come with the GNU coreutils package.
• Which version of bash is installed on this system?
3.6.4. Manipulating files
• Create a new directory in your home directory.
• Can you move this directory to the same level as your home directory?
• Copy all XPM files from /usr/share/pixmaps to the new directory. What does XPM mean?
• List the files in reverse alphabetical order.
• Change to your home directory. Create a new directory and copy all the files of the /etc directory into it. Make sure that you also copy the files and directories which are in the subdirectories of /etc! (recursive copy)
• Change into the new directory and make a directory for files starting with an upper case character and one for files starting with a lower case character. Move all the files to the appropriate directories. Use as few commands as possible.
• Remove the remaining files.
• Delete the directory and its entire content using a single command.
• Use grep to find out which script starts the Font Server in the graphical run level.
• Where is the sendmail server program?