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UWA week 31 (2nd semester, week 2) ↓

labs Unix Basics - File Manipulating (both)

7:52am Sun 4th Aug, Christopher M.

ANONYMOUS wrote:

> So I'm trying to do Lab 1 right now, and for that I'm doing the prerequisite tasks with the Unix OS. I'm at the part where it says to save the document to my home directory. When I try to call for it, it says it doesn't exist or there's no filename.

It seems that you're unsure where you're working.

>From any shell prompt, you can issue the command pwd (print working directory) to find out where you are.

If you are naming and using files by just providing their filename, without any leading pathname, you'll need those files to be in your current working directory. When you download a file using your browser, it'll be placed in the browser's default location (directory), but you can change this (usually through the right mouse button) with 'Save As...' Set that location to your shell's working location, and then use ls to ensure that your required file has been downloaded there.