Chapter 5: Files for Fun and Profit
Overview
In This Chapter
Naming files for the Web
Listing information about files
Showing who has permission to use files
Duplicating a file
Erasing a file
Renaming a file
Looking at what’s in a file
Printing a text file
Giving a file to someone else
A file is a bunch of information stored together, such as a letter to your mom or a database of customer invoices. Every file has a name. You end up with tons of them.This chapter explains how to work with files, including getting rid of the ones you no longer want.As a reminder, you must log in (as described in Chapter 1) before you can do any of the nifty things we talk about in this chapter. When you see the UNIX prompt (% or $ ), you’re ready to rock and roll.