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No instructions this time, only a goal. Use ls, cd, mkdir, mv, cp, rm, find and friends to sort out ~/project/Downloads.
~/project/Downloads is a mess of images, documents and temporary files.
Downloads, create the directories images, docs and archive..jpg and .png file into images..pdf and .txt file into docs..tmp file.Downloads starts with .invoice. Copy it into archive under the name invoice.txt.Downloads.When you're done, the top of the folder looks like this:
$ ░░ ~/project/Downloads
archive docs images
cd ~/project/Downloads
mkdir images docs archive
mv *.jpg *.png images/
mv *.pdf *.txt docs/
rm *.tmp
find . -name ".invoice*"
cp ./old/2025/.invoice-117.txt archive/invoice.txt
rm -r old
ls
The old folder only held the hidden invoice and a temporary file, so once the invoice is copied the whole folder can go.
You sorted a real mess using only the shell: creating directories, moving files by wildcard, deleting safely, and tracking down a hidden file with find.