Exercise Solutions: Terminal¶

Use ls to view the contents of your Home directory.
```
My-Computer:~ myusername$ ls
```
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In the terminal, use mkdir to create a folder on the Desktop called 'my_first_directory'. Look on your Desktop. Do you see it?
```
My-Computer:Desktop myusername$ mkdir my_first_directory
```
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pwd to check your location.

My-Computer:my_first_directory myusername$ pwd

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Make a copy of your 'my_first_file.txt' from it's current spot to directly on the Desktop with cp my_first_file.txt ../my_first_copy.txt.
```
My-Computer:my_first_directory myusername$ cp my_first_file.txt ../my_first_copy.txt
```
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Use ls in the terminal to verify your 'my_first_copy.txt' on your Desktop. Open it up. Is it the same as your first file?
```
My-Computer:Desktop myusername$ ls
```
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Use ls to see that the copied file is no longer on your Desktop.
```
My-Computer:Desktop myusername$ ls
```
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cd .. to get back out to your Desktop.
```
My-Computer:my_first_directory myusername$ cd ..
```
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