Can't find folder that file was just written to

Asked Jul 12 '17 at 23:18

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I just wrote a new config file for Jupyter in my shell:

jupyter notebook --generate-config

The output of that command says:

Writing default config to: /home/me/.jupyter/jupyter_notebook_config.py

I can change the directory in my shell by doing cd ~/.jupyter/, but I can't find the folder anywhere in the GUI, which is what I'd like.

How can I find it? Where is this thing exactly?

asked Jul 12 '17 at 23:18

snapcrack

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What desktop/filemanager? the usual shortcut is Ctrl+H ("Show hidden files"). Or see How to show hidden files in Nautilus 3.20.3 Ubuntu 16.10? – steeldriver Jul 12 '17 at 23:22
Folder/File names starting with a dot are hidden folders/files. To see them in Nautilus press Ctrl+H. To hide them press Ctrl+H again. – user68186 Jul 12 '17 at 23:23
What does this tell us? ls ~/.jupyter – chili555 Jul 12 '17 at 23:46
maybe it's failing silently because the folder isn't there mkdir ~/.jupyter – boutch55555 Jul 13 '17 at 00:00
what @steeldriver said showed me the folder; I didn't realize what . indicated or how to see hidden folders. Thanks much for the help – snapcrack Jul 13 '17 at 00:31
@snapcrack This is standard behavior on all Linux/Unix systems. You'll run into this behavior a lot. Also, you might want to be aware of difference between . folder and .. folder. See for more info this: https://askubuntu.com/a/934929/295286 – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Jul 13 '17 at 01:38
@steeldriver thanks for the link. I'm very wary of posting garbage noob questions on this channel but for noobs like me, Ubuntu can be tricky. Sorry to everyone for the redundant question – snapcrack Jul 13 '17 at 01:40
@snapcrack no problem - we understand that it's hard to search for answers when not familiar with terminology – steeldriver Jul 13 '17 at 01:43

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