What happens when I rename a file with a directory name in same folder?
Question
I accidentally did just this. I just typed mv.vimrc.vim in my home directory.
.vimrc was a file .vim is a directory
Did it just disappear? I do have a backup of my.vimrc but it is a little old. Is there a way to recover it the way it was?
Maybe I should have updated my backup, maybe I should have used that confirmation flag for the mv. In fact, both. But it happened ):
Thanks!
1 answers
solution1
0 2021-01-23 21:36:20
You moved .vimrc inside the .vim directory. In other words, you can find the file at .vim/.vimrc .
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