Exercise: Use the command line

Exercise: Use the command line#

Here is a simple exercise to get you started with the command line. Before you start, make sure you have read the How to use the command line section and watch the video tutorials.

Please perform the following steps:

  1. Open the command line application on your computer.

  2. Print the current working directory to see where you are located.

  3. List all files and directories in this directory.

  4. Create a new directory called fossgis_exercise_0.

  5. Change into this new directory.

  6. Print your current working directory again. How is it different than before?

  7. Change back to the parent directory, i.e. the directory which is one hierarchy level up. The one you were in before.