diff --git a/average_speed/Cargo.toml b/average-speed/Cargo.toml
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rename from average_speed/Cargo.toml
rename to average-speed/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/average_speed/src/main.rs b/average-speed/src/main.rs
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rename from average_speed/src/main.rs
rename to average-speed/src/main.rs
diff --git a/error-handling/Cargo.toml b/error-handling/Cargo.toml
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+++ b/error-handling/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "error_handling"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2024"
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/error-handling/hello.txt b/error-handling/hello.txt
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/error-handling/src/main.rs b/error-handling/src/main.rs
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+++ b/error-handling/src/main.rs
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+use std::fs::{self, File};
+use std::io::{self, Read};
+
+fn main() {
+    let username = get_username_or_create_file().unwrap();
+    if username == "" {
+        println!("empty!");
+    } else {
+        println!("{:?}", username);
+    }
+}
+
+fn get_username_or_create_file() -> Result<String, io::Error> {
+    let check_username_file = File::open("username.txt");
+
+    let mut username_file = match check_username_file {
+        Ok(filename) => filename,
+        Err(e) => match e.kind() {
+            std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => match File::create("username.txt") {
+                Ok(file_created) => {
+                    println!("created file, now writing...");
+                    fs::write("{file_created}", "admin");
+                    file_created
+                }
+                Err(error_creating_file) => {
+                    panic!("error creating file! {error_creating_file:?}")
+                }
+            },
+            _ => panic!("cant open file!"),
+        },
+    };
+
+    let mut username = String::new();
+
+    match username_file.read_to_string(&mut username) {
+        Ok(_) => Ok(username),
+        Err(e) => Err(e),
+    }
+}
diff --git a/error-handling/username.txt b/error-handling/username.txt
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index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/error-handling/{file_created} b/error-handling/{file_created}
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/error-handling/{file_created}
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+admin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/guessing_game/Cargo.toml b/guessing-game/Cargo.toml
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rename from guessing_game/Cargo.toml
rename to guessing-game/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/guessing_game/src/main.rs b/guessing-game/src/main.rs
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rename from guessing_game/src/main.rs
rename to guessing-game/src/main.rs
diff --git a/hash_maps/Cargo.toml b/hash-maps/Cargo.toml
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rename from hash_maps/Cargo.toml
rename to hash-maps/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/hash_maps/src/main.rs b/hash-maps/src/main.rs
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rename from hash_maps/src/main.rs
rename to hash-maps/src/main.rs
diff --git a/hello_cargo/Cargo.toml b/hello-cargo/Cargo.toml
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rename from hello_cargo/Cargo.toml
rename to hello-cargo/Cargo.toml
diff --git a/hello_cargo/src/main.rs b/hello-cargo/src/main.rs
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rename from hello_cargo/src/main.rs
rename to hello-cargo/src/main.rs
diff --git a/hello_world/main.rs b/hello-world/main.rs
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rename from hello_world/main.rs
rename to hello-world/main.rs