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File creation and management

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File creation and management

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- Let's discuss some of the basic commands when you're working with files. Now, these files can be created, and they can then be copied from one location or folder to another, they can be moved, and they even be renamed. Files are usually created by the programs that are going to manipulate them. For example, a graphics program like GIMP is going to be used to create a new graphics file. This, of course, is going to vary from one program to another, but most graphical user interface programs are typically going to have some menu option known as Save or Save As for you to be able to save a file. Text mode programs also provide similar functionality, but the details of how they do it specifically are going to vary greatly from one program to another. Now, one program used to create files on the command line is known as touch. Now, if you type touch, followed by the name of a file, for example touch newfile.txt, this'll create…

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