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- 4Thank you so much! That should be my future life-saver then. I owe you one. (Just as a note, a friend of mine had made the very same mistake some years ago, so I feel I'm not alone.)syntaxerror– syntaxerror2014-11-21 08:43:18 +00:00Commented Nov 21, 2014 at 8:43
- 1Also, when using certain Shells, you have the Tab option to auto-complete filenames for you. If I can't quite remember the directory name, and don't want a mess like you recently had, just punch in a character or two of the directory name and HIT TAB. Then you can be Sure, that it exists, because auto-complete put it there....Andyz Smith– Andyz Smith2014-11-23 13:47:33 +00:00Commented Nov 23, 2014 at 13:47
- @AndyzSmith Well, that's the very thing. You may call it a habit of mine to only ever use TAB for complicated directories or paths, but not for 2-letter-type ones.:) But come to think of it...perhaps I should really consider the latter case as well from now on.syntaxerror– syntaxerror2014-12-12 05:20:56 +00:00Commented Dec 12, 2014 at 5:20
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