CodecoolBase / generate-folders

Generate folders

Generate folders

Story

The company has decided to move to the cloud and you've been tasked to create the home directories for everyone. You are given a shell account for the server. You need to create the file structure for everyone using the shell.

What are you going to learn?

• Using a unix shell
• How to interact with file contents
• How to create files and directories
• How to set permissions
• How to do loops in the shell

Tasks

1. Create a directory for yourself inside the home directory. Use the shell to navigate the directory structure. Use the mkdir command to create a directory.

   • There is a directory called home/<your name>

2. Create a few directories that will be added to everyone's home folder.

   • There is a directory named home/<your name>/src
   • There is a directory named home/<your name>/config

3. Create the files that will be present in everyone's folder structure.

   • Create a file called home/<your name/config/profile.
   • The profile file should set up some variables with the contents:

export NAME='<your name>'
export PS1='<your name> \w $ '

- Create a file called `home/<your name>/src/README.md`
- The source readme file at `home/<your name>/src/README.md` should read:

# Source folder

This is the folder where you can keep your projects.

4. Now you need to create the home folder for everyone else. You will find the name of your co-workers in the names.lst file.

   • Create the same directory structure for everyone like the one that you created for yourself.
   • Make sure that wherever you used your own name, use your given co-worker's name instead.

General requirements

None

Hints

• You can use a combination of while and read to read your input into variables line-by-line and do something with it.
• You can assamble files in multiple steps with appending.

Starting repository

Click here to clone your own Git repository:

Background materials

• ❗ How to get help for commands
• ❗ Interacting with the system from the shell
• ❗ Control structures in the shell

Acceptance review

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