i'm trying to rename an abiword doc from "test" to "test1", I get this message.
mv test test1
mv: cannot stat `test': No such file or directory
What am I missing? Thanks, jola
lubuntu 12.04
Thinkpad R51
1.5ghz
1.2 RAM
30gHD
i'm trying to rename an abiword doc from "test" to "test1", I get this message.
mv test test1
mv: cannot stat `test': No such file or directory
What am I missing? Thanks, jola
lubuntu 12.04
Thinkpad R51
1.5ghz
1.2 RAM
30gHD
are you sure the filename dose not have any extensions that you could be missing ? or was this file made by another user for which you do not have permissions to rename or mv in this case ?!
Thinkpad X61
Thinkpad R500
Not getting any younger thinkpads:
Thinkpad R40 - RIP
make sure you are in the correct directory so that mv can find test
you are forgetting the file extensions.
your command will be like,
mv test.txt test1.txt
-mark solved, if satisfied
Last edited by imran042; May 3rd, 2012 at 04:27 PM.
Linux file system is case sensitive, so make sure it is not name File or FILE instead of file
ls -l test * if it shows up..then you are in YOUR home directory*
*if not...you arent*
or...maybe test never was written..or saved.
to verify your mv function is working.
try this.
echo "this is a test" > newtest
cat newtest #it should say this is a test
touch newtest1
cat newtest1 #it will be blank#
mv newtest newtest1
cat newtest1 #it should say this is a test#
fun with command lines...Enjoy
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