Hello MIke,
I'm sorry to hear of your missing file. You might try:
(1) If you haven't already, search your trash, the path which might be something like: ~/.local/share/Trash/files
(2) Run the command: find ~ -iname '*string*' # Where "string" is a piece of the name of your missing file. You can use "globbing".
(3) Or try: find ~ -atime 2 || -ctime 2 # Any file accessed or changed within the last 2x24=48 hours
(4) Or try: find ~ -ctime 2 -and -iname '*string*' # Etcetera, etcetera ...
(5) Or, use some special software for recovering files which were removed with the command "rm".
good luck,
Doug.
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