Running a mv command on large amount of data caused disappearance of other folders [closed]

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I messed up by running a mv command on the entire contents of an old external drive to my Desktop without making a destination folder first.



I ran



sudo mv /my/external/path/* /home/myself/Desktop/


when instead I should have made a directory on Desktop first.



I wasn't thinking, and my Desktop was filling up behind my full screen terminal while I walked away unbeknownst to me. I had 3 important folders on it (School, Dev Projects, and CODE), all of them with many subdirectories. Well, they're gone, and I cannot find them.
To compound the situation, I didn't realize that my computer didn't have enough space to complete the job, so not everything was copied.



If I did not manually delete these folders, where could they have gone? I checked /home/myself/.local/share/Trash/files and found nothing.



I ran 



grep -nr "Some_Folder_or_File_Names"


on the newer external I copied to, and found nothing.



If these folders are lost, I just lost over a year of development projects and school material.



Thanks.




data-recovery grep mv




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closed as off-topic by steeldriver, John1024, David Foerster, Fabby, karel May 27 at 9:06


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  • "This describes a problem that can't be reproduced, that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers." – steeldriver, John1024, David Foerster, Fabby, karel
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    Look in the /home/myself/Desktop-folder.
    – mook765
    May 26 at 16:59










  • Your grep searches the text Some_Folder_or_File_Names whithin the files. It doesn't match filenames. Try find . -name "*Some_Folder_or_File_Names*" instead.
    – PerlDuck
    May 26 at 17:00











  • Did that too after posting this. Nothing. Even did ls -a.
    – IRGeekSauce
    May 26 at 17:00










  • Ok tried the "find" command. Nothing.
    – IRGeekSauce
    May 26 at 17:03














up vote
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I messed up by running a mv command on the entire contents of an old external drive to my Desktop without making a destination folder first.



I ran



sudo mv /my/external/path/* /home/myself/Desktop/


when instead I should have made a directory on Desktop first.



I wasn't thinking, and my Desktop was filling up behind my full screen terminal while I walked away unbeknownst to me. I had 3 important folders on it (School, Dev Projects, and CODE), all of them with many subdirectories. Well, they're gone, and I cannot find them.
To compound the situation, I didn't realize that my computer didn't have enough space to complete the job, so not everything was copied.



If I did not manually delete these folders, where could they have gone? I checked /home/myself/.local/share/Trash/files and found nothing.



I ran 



grep -nr "Some_Folder_or_File_Names"


on the newer external I copied to, and found nothing.



If these folders are lost, I just lost over a year of development projects and school material.



Thanks.




data-recovery grep mv




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closed as off-topic by steeldriver, John1024, David Foerster, Fabby, karel May 27 at 9:06


This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:


  • "This describes a problem that can't be reproduced, that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers." – steeldriver, John1024, David Foerster, Fabby, karel
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.








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    Look in the /home/myself/Desktop-folder.
    – mook765
    May 26 at 16:59










  • Your grep searches the text Some_Folder_or_File_Names whithin the files. It doesn't match filenames. Try find . -name "*Some_Folder_or_File_Names*" instead.
    – PerlDuck
    May 26 at 17:00











  • Did that too after posting this. Nothing. Even did ls -a.
    – IRGeekSauce
    May 26 at 17:00










  • Ok tried the "find" command. Nothing.
    – IRGeekSauce
    May 26 at 17:03












up vote
2
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favorite









up vote
2
down vote

favorite











I messed up by running a mv command on the entire contents of an old external drive to my Desktop without making a destination folder first.



I ran



sudo mv /my/external/path/* /home/myself/Desktop/


when instead I should have made a directory on Desktop first.



I wasn't thinking, and my Desktop was filling up behind my full screen terminal while I walked away unbeknownst to me. I had 3 important folders on it (School, Dev Projects, and CODE), all of them with many subdirectories. Well, they're gone, and I cannot find them.
To compound the situation, I didn't realize that my computer didn't have enough space to complete the job, so not everything was copied.



If I did not manually delete these folders, where could they have gone? I checked /home/myself/.local/share/Trash/files and found nothing.



I ran 



grep -nr "Some_Folder_or_File_Names"


on the newer external I copied to, and found nothing.



If these folders are lost, I just lost over a year of development projects and school material.



Thanks.




data-recovery grep mv




share|improve this question












I messed up by running a mv command on the entire contents of an old external drive to my Desktop without making a destination folder first.



I ran



sudo mv /my/external/path/* /home/myself/Desktop/


when instead I should have made a directory on Desktop first.



I wasn't thinking, and my Desktop was filling up behind my full screen terminal while I walked away unbeknownst to me. I had 3 important folders on it (School, Dev Projects, and CODE), all of them with many subdirectories. Well, they're gone, and I cannot find them.
To compound the situation, I didn't realize that my computer didn't have enough space to complete the job, so not everything was copied.



If I did not manually delete these folders, where could they have gone? I checked /home/myself/.local/share/Trash/files and found nothing.



I ran 



grep -nr "Some_Folder_or_File_Names"


on the newer external I copied to, and found nothing.



If these folders are lost, I just lost over a year of development projects and school material.



Thanks.





data-recovery grep mv





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closed as off-topic by steeldriver, John1024, David Foerster, Fabby, karel May 27 at 9:06


This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:


  • "This describes a problem that can't be reproduced, that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers." – steeldriver, John1024, David Foerster, Fabby, karel
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.




closed as off-topic by steeldriver, John1024, David Foerster, Fabby, karel May 27 at 9:06


This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:


  • "This describes a problem that can't be reproduced, that seemingly went away on its own or was only relevant to a very specific period of time. It's off-topic as it's unlikely to help future readers." – steeldriver, John1024, David Foerster, Fabby, karel
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.







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    Look in the /home/myself/Desktop-folder.
    – mook765
    May 26 at 16:59










  • Your grep searches the text Some_Folder_or_File_Names whithin the files. It doesn't match filenames. Try find . -name "*Some_Folder_or_File_Names*" instead.
    – PerlDuck
    May 26 at 17:00











  • Did that too after posting this. Nothing. Even did ls -a.
    – IRGeekSauce
    May 26 at 17:00










  • Ok tried the "find" command. Nothing.
    – IRGeekSauce
    May 26 at 17:03












  • 1




    Look in the /home/myself/Desktop-folder.
    – mook765
    May 26 at 16:59










  • Your grep searches the text Some_Folder_or_File_Names whithin the files. It doesn't match filenames. Try find . -name "*Some_Folder_or_File_Names*" instead.
    – PerlDuck
    May 26 at 17:00











  • Did that too after posting this. Nothing. Even did ls -a.
    – IRGeekSauce
    May 26 at 17:00










  • Ok tried the "find" command. Nothing.
    – IRGeekSauce
    May 26 at 17:03







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Look in the /home/myself/Desktop-folder.
– mook765
May 26 at 16:59




Look in the /home/myself/Desktop-folder.
– mook765
May 26 at 16:59












Your grep searches the text Some_Folder_or_File_Names whithin the files. It doesn't match filenames. Try find . -name "*Some_Folder_or_File_Names*" instead.
– PerlDuck
May 26 at 17:00





Your grep searches the text Some_Folder_or_File_Names whithin the files. It doesn't match filenames. Try find . -name "*Some_Folder_or_File_Names*" instead.
– PerlDuck
May 26 at 17:00













Did that too after posting this. Nothing. Even did ls -a.
– IRGeekSauce
May 26 at 17:00




Did that too after posting this. Nothing. Even did ls -a.
– IRGeekSauce
May 26 at 17:00












Ok tried the "find" command. Nothing.
– IRGeekSauce
May 26 at 17:03




Ok tried the "find" command. Nothing.
– IRGeekSauce
May 26 at 17:03










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I rebooted and voila!
That was weird. O.o






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I rebooted and voila!
That was weird. O.o






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  • Warning: Self-answer! Do not close answer! VTC Q instead!
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    May 26 at 19:31














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I rebooted and voila!
That was weird. O.o






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  • Warning: Self-answer! Do not close answer! VTC Q instead!
    – Fabby
    May 26 at 19:31












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up vote
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I rebooted and voila!
That was weird. O.o






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I rebooted and voila!
That was weird. O.o







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  • Warning: Self-answer! Do not close answer! VTC Q instead!
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    May 26 at 19:31















Warning: Self-answer! Do not close answer! VTC Q instead!
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