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Development Tools Console Foundations Getting Started with the Console Moving Around the Filesystem

Sofya Lopatina
Sofya Lopatina
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Posted by Sofya Lopatina
Sofya Lopatina
6,525 Points

how to add hello.txt if i haven't got it

Please help me with my problem. I have deleted the file by accident.

2 Answers

Mike Atkinson
Mike Atkinson
6,882 Points
Mike Atkinson
Mike Atkinson
6,882 Points

First check you are in the home directory. Try typing cd ~ , then type pwd . Now type ls to see if the file is there.

Depending what you want to do with the file, if it's not there, you could create your own using the touch command.

touch aNewFile.txt
Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points
Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

I suggest you launch a new console or create that file. You might like to follow the 1st option if you don't remember what the file contains.