If the working directory is /home/max with a subdirectory named literature, give three sets of commands you can use to create a subdirectory named classics under literature. Also give several sets of commands you can use to remove the classics directory and its contents.

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Answer 1

The first command line uses a relative pathname while the second and third
use absolute pathname to create the classics directory under the literature
directory. Both commands are executed from Max’s home directory
(although it does not matter where you execute the second command from):
$ mkdir literature/classics
$ mkdir /home/max/literature/classics
$ mkdir ~/max/literature/classics
Next a cd command changes the working directory to literature. From

literature, a simple pathname or an absolute pathname can create the clas-
sics directory:

$ cd literature
$ mkdir classics
$ mkdir /home/max/literature/classics
Before you remove a file, use pwd to check that the working directory is
what you think it is and, if you plan to use an ambiguous file reference, use
that file reference to list the files you will delete. This procedure helps ensure
you do not delete files by mistake. Next rm removes ordinary files, and rmdir
removes the empty (except for the two standard directory entries . and ..)
directory file:
$ pwd
/home/max
$ ls literature/classics/*
...
$ rm literature/classics/*
$ rmdir literature/classics
You can also perform this task either of these ways:
$ cd literature
$ ls classics
...
$ rm classics/*
$ rmdir classics
$ cd classics
$ ls
...
$ rm *
$ cd ..
$ rmdir classics