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Development Tools Console Foundations Getting Started with the Console Moving and Deleting Files

Posted by Cole Sadler
Cole Sadler
6,190 Points

I made a mistake in console foundations renamed a file hello and forgot the .txt and now i can't fix it?

I made a mistake in console foundations renamed a file hello and forgot the .txt and now i can't fix it. Now I'm not sure exactly what happened but if you have any suggestions please help

2 Answers

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points
Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

Do the following

mv filename filename.txt
Cole Sadler
Cole Sadler
6,190 Points
Cole Sadler
Cole Sadler
6,190 Points

That did not work thx for the suggestion Luke Pettway

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

Are you on a Mac by chance?

Cole Sadler
Cole Sadler
6,190 Points

no Luke Pettway

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

Oh okay well that helps a lot actually. If it is Windows then you should be able to do the same thing using the move command. I tested this on Windows 7. 

move filename filename.txt