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    Default downloaded a file with wget

    i just downloaded a file with wget like this: wget http:downloading.com/downloadlink.tar.gz


    i have no idea how to find out where it is though i thought posting it here you guys might know a bit or a hell of a lot more than me about wget

    thnaks

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    It will be in whatever directory you were in when you ran the command..

    If you cannot find it then do this

    updatedb

    Then when that is done updating the search database

    locate downloadlink.tar.gz

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    Do this

    - cd /root/ (means change directory) or to the place you want to download the file
    - wget http://blah.com/blah_file.zip
    - ls /root/ (or whatever file you cd'ed to)
    The above is LS in lowercase and will list all of the files in the directory you're in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hbidad View Post
    either that or type:

    history

    then follow your trail
    Excellent idea. But my hopes are that GH will learn some commands.
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    either that or type:

    history

    then follow your trail

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    i foudn it guys thaks alot

    but now i am stuck again, how do i move it from /root to an accoutn on the server?

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    mv filename /home/username/

    Would be good to do:

    Chown username:username filename

    Gotta give them permission to use the file

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    Default I think it's great

    that users are providing these commands, but you really should buy a pocket guide for linux. You will find how many things you can do and always have a reference.

    http://www.amazon.com/Linux-Pocket-G...e=UTF8&s=books

    It's cheap, easy and pretty informative. There are other more verbose, however this one is an easy to use self starter.

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