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I need to find a document which contains an specific word. The document is in my external hard drive but there are thousands of documents in it and I cannot find it. I think that using the command 'grep' I'll be able to find it, but when I try to access my external hard drive via the path cd /media/.... the terminal returns the message: "The file or directory doesn't exist". However, when I run the command 'ls' the hard drive is shown (in green) together with the other USB drives. Also, when I try to access the other usb drives there is no problem at all.
What am I doing wrong? How can I access the external hard drive?
Thank you very much in advance
Joan
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I need to find a document which contains an specific word. The document is in my external hard drive but there are thousands of documents in it and I cannot find it. I think that using the command 'grep' I'll be able to find it, but when I try to access my external hard drive via the path cd /media/.... the terminal returns the message: "The file or directory doesn't exist". However, when I run the command 'ls' the hard drive is shown (in green) together with the other USB drives. Also, when I try to access the other usb drives there is no problem at all.
What am I doing wrong? How can I access the external hard drive?
Thank you very much in advance
Joan
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asked May 15 at 18:14
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Can you add the output oflsto your question, formatted as code? And also add the full command you entered that gave you the error message.
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I need to find a document which contains an specific word. The document is in my external hard drive but there are thousands of documents in it and I cannot find it. I think that using the command 'grep' I'll be able to find it, but when I try to access my external hard drive via the path cd /media/.... the terminal returns the message: "The file or directory doesn't exist". However, when I run the command 'ls' the hard drive is shown (in green) together with the other USB drives. Also, when I try to access the other usb drives there is no problem at all.
What am I doing wrong? How can I access the external hard drive?
Thank you very much in advance
Joan
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asked May 15 at 18:14
carlus ventura francos
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I need to find a document which contains an specific word. The document is in my external hard drive but there are thousands of documents in it and I cannot find it. I think that using the command 'grep' I'll be able to find it, but when I try to access my external hard drive via the path cd /media/.... the terminal returns the message: "The file or directory doesn't exist". However, when I run the command 'ls' the hard drive is shown (in green) together with the other USB drives. Also, when I try to access the other usb drives there is no problem at all.
What am I doing wrong? How can I access the external hard drive?
Thank you very much in advance
Joan
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asked May 15 at 18:14
carlus ventura francos
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asked May 15 at 18:14
carlus ventura francos
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asked May 15 at 18:14
carlus ventura francos
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asked May 15 at 18:14
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Can you add the output oflsto your question, formatted as code? And also add the full command you entered that gave you the error message.
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Can you add the output oflsto your question, formatted as code? And also add the full command you entered that gave you the error message.
– Emily
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ls to your question, formatted as code? And also add the full command you entered that gave you the error message.– Emily
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ls to your question, formatted as code? And also add the full command you entered that gave you the error message.– Emily
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Unmount the USB flash drive, unplug it, and do
lsusb && dmesg | tail
Plug it back in and press F3 then Enter
compare the results and identify where your flashdrive automounts to; let's say it automounts to /dev/sdc1
Then, perform this command (and change /dev/sdc1 to reflect where that USB drive automounts to)
sudo mkdir /media/usb && sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /media/usb
Then you should be able to grep the contents of /media/usb
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Unmount the USB flash drive, unplug it, and do
lsusb && dmesg | tail
Plug it back in and press F3 then Enter
compare the results and identify where your flashdrive automounts to; let's say it automounts to /dev/sdc1
Then, perform this command (and change /dev/sdc1 to reflect where that USB drive automounts to)
sudo mkdir /media/usb && sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /media/usb
Then you should be able to grep the contents of /media/usb
answered May 15 at 18:27
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Unmount the USB flash drive, unplug it, and do
lsusb && dmesg | tail
Plug it back in and press F3 then Enter
compare the results and identify where your flashdrive automounts to; let's say it automounts to /dev/sdc1
Then, perform this command (and change /dev/sdc1 to reflect where that USB drive automounts to)
sudo mkdir /media/usb && sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /media/usb
Then you should be able to grep the contents of /media/usb
answered May 15 at 18:27
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Unmount the USB flash drive, unplug it, and do
lsusb && dmesg | tail
Plug it back in and press F3 then Enter
compare the results and identify where your flashdrive automounts to; let's say it automounts to /dev/sdc1
Then, perform this command (and change /dev/sdc1 to reflect where that USB drive automounts to)
sudo mkdir /media/usb && sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /media/usb
Then you should be able to grep the contents of /media/usb
answered May 15 at 18:27
K7AAY
3,73221443
Unmount the USB flash drive, unplug it, and do
lsusb && dmesg | tail
Plug it back in and press F3 then Enter
compare the results and identify where your flashdrive automounts to; let's say it automounts to /dev/sdc1
Then, perform this command (and change /dev/sdc1 to reflect where that USB drive automounts to)
sudo mkdir /media/usb && sudo mount /dev/sdc1 /media/usb
Then you should be able to grep the contents of /media/usb
answered May 15 at 18:27
K7AAY
3,73221443
answered May 15 at 18:27
K7AAY
3,73221443
answered May 15 at 18:27
K7AAY
3,73221443
answered May 15 at 18:27
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Can you add the output of
lsto your question, formatted as code? And also add the full command you entered that gave you the error message.– Emily
May 16 at 0:31