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Kobi T
Asked: 2015-08-08 07:29:48 +0800 CST

File disappeared after cutting name when renaming

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I use Ububtu 15.04 with Unity interface.

While I was editing a file's name, I accidentally selected the entire name (without the extension) and pressed ctrl+x and Enter. The file disappeared.

Where did it go?

unity

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    It sounds like you renamed your file to .ext (where ext is the original file extension).

    Since files whose names begin with a period ("dotfiles") are hidden by default, the nautilus filemanager is no longer displaying it. You can toggle display of hidden files from the nautilus menu View -> Show hidden files or by hitting Ctrl + h.

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