How to retrieve/recover an accidently removed file in ubuntu?

Asked Nov 23 '21 at 02:49

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I was working with C++ file (.cpp) and just wanted to rename the name of file but unfortunately I used rm and it deleted that file, I checked the trash but cannot find the file there, is there any way I can recover my file?

This is the command I used.

rm infix_to_postfix.cpp infix_to_postfix_and_prefix.cpp

asked Nov 23 '21 at 02:49

Abhilekh Gautam

As far as I know, no, there isn't. Not if you used the command line to remove it. If there is, I guess I'd be interested in finding out as well! – Ray Nov 23 '21 at 02:51
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Does this answer your question? Can files/directories deleted with rm be restored? – cocomac Nov 23 '21 at 05:11
Take a look at photorec it actually works very well and is not targeted against image-files only, have seen surprising results were I never would have believed files could be restored. Use it with care (!!), or you end up with a zillion refound files you have to look through manually :) – davidkonrad Nov 23 '21 at 07:57

How to retrieve/recover an accidently removed file in ubuntu?

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