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Development Tools Console Foundations Getting Started with the Console Moving and Deleting Files

aniket roy barman5
aniket roy barman5
4,390 Points
Posted by aniket roy barman5
aniket roy barman5
4,390 Points

A little Confusion!

treehouse ~ $ ls documents hello.txt how_to_go_home.txt treehouse ~ $ less documents documents is a directory treehouse ~ $ less hello.txt hello.txt : no such file or directory

when i give 'ls documents' it shows me the files in it, that is there are two files hello.txt and how_to_go_home.txt . But when i give less 'hello.txt' it shows no such file exist. WHY ?

2 Answers

Gerald Wells
Gerald Wells
12,763 Points
Gerald Wells
Gerald Wells
12,763 Points

I am assuming based off how you worded the question it is due to the file path... Just because you list the contents of a directory does not mean you are in that directory. You need to ensure you are in the correct branch of the tree before you attempt to manipulate/get the contents of a file or ensure you have the correct file path in the request.