Note: Developing any type of application requires a degree of comfort navigating and interacting with your operating system through the command line. We'll practice creating, modifying, and moving files and folders in your terminal to get you familiar with Unix commands.

For your first homework assignment, you're going to create files and folders to organize your favorite books, movies, and music — then, you're going to reorganize them.

Be sure to use the cheatsheets in the "Resources" section if you get stuck.

• Commands you will need to use for this exercise:
  • Navigate from folder to folder using cd.
  • List files using ls.
  • Create new directories using mkdir.
  • Create new files using touch.
  • Move files using mv.
  • Copy files using cp.
  • Remove directories using rmdir.
  • Remove files/directories that contain items using rm -rf.
• Text should be added to files using Sublime or Atom.
• Progress should be tracked by comparing your file/folder structure in your code editor to the images supplied under "Deliverable."
• Submit 2-5 questions you would like addressed regarding this homework.

• From your root directory, create a folder called my-favorite-things; you'll use that folder to complete the exercises below.

• Organize your favorite books.

  • In the my-favorite-things folder, create a folder named books, and navigate to that folder.
  • In the books folder, create a folder named after your favorite author (e.g., mark-twain or haruki-murakami. Use dashes between words instead of spaces!).
  • In the author's folder, create files named after some of his or her books (e.g., the-wind-up-bird-chronicle.txt).
  • Navigate back to the my-favorite-things folder and list the contents in terminal (using ls).
  • Open the my-favorite-things folder in Atom or Sublime (Pro tip: You can use the subl . command in the terminal to open the current directory in Sublime).
  • In Sublime, edit each file to include a brief description of the book.

• Organize your favorite movies.

  • In the my-favorite-things folder, create a folder named movies, and navigate to that folder.
  • In the movies folder, create a folder named after your favorite actor.
  • Create a text file in the actor folder named after his or her breakthrough movie (e.g., a-woman-is-a-woman.txt).
  • Look back at Sublime or Atom and edit that text file with a description of the movie.
  • Navigate back to the movies directory. Create a text file named after the actor's character.
  • Move the text file to the breakthrough movie folder.

• Organize your favorite music.

  • In the my-favorite-things folder, create a folder named music.
  • Navigate to the music folder.
  • Create a folder named disco.
  • Create a text file in disco named ymca.
  • Delete the disco folder.
  • Create folders named beatles, beach-boys, and jackson-5 (Pro tip: Look up how to create three folders at once).
  • Create a text file in beatles named yesterday.txt.
  • Make two copies of yesterday.txt. Move one into beach-boys and one into jackson-5, and rename those files as songs by those artists.

• Reorganize everything.

  • In the my-favorite-things folder, create a folder named media.
  • Move books, movies, and music into the media folder.

• Look through the additional resources and:

  • Look at the top/bottom 10 lines of each file.
  • Figure out how to search through a file for a string of text from the command line — without opening the file.
  • See if you can figure out how to open a file and add text content in the command line instead of using Sublime or Atom.

No starter code required! Just open up your terminal application to get started.

Be sure you open up your my-favorite-things directory in Sublime or Atom so you can track your progress. Here's how your files/folders should appear after each big step in the exercise:

• After "Organize your favorite books":

• After "Organize your favorite movies":

• After "Organize your favorite music":

• After "Reorganize everything":

• A list of CLI Shortcuts
• An awesome Unix command cheatsheet

• CLI Gardening

• Solve the command line murder mystery!
• Try to complete the Kitchen Organizer lab in as few steps as possible. Look up shortcuts along the way!
• Practice using other popular commands we didn't cover in class by completing the Command Line Fu — Challenge lab.
• Brownie points for configuring your terminal using iTerm. Find some helpful instructions here.
• Practice using these CLI Shortcuts.