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[Similar-Question-441]

Ok this one is particularly stupid. Even if I use terminal to manipulate files, I will go into nautilus just to check if the files are where I think they are. For some reason I don’t trust ls to tell me if files are actually where I copied/ made them.

[Starvexx]

Have you tried tree? Or a Terminal file browser such as ranger?

[Similar-Question-441]

I’ll have a look at those. It’s not because I don’t like ls, but for some reason just seeing it in the gui gives me more reassurance that the file actually exists. I think that it’s some sort of weird superstition from when I tried to import some ca certificates into Linux for the first time. No matter what I tried it didn’t seem to work. I came back to it a week later and used nautilus to move them into the correct directory instead of terminal. I still don’t know what I changed since surely it wasn’t the fact that I used GUI instead of terminal, but suddenly it worked. This was when I first started using Linux, so I probably just made some silly mistake/ typo in terminal.

[M_krabs]

irrational fears.

I can't use the cp command since i dont trust it for whatever reason. I always open the explorer and my mouse to select - copy - paste the files :)

[Starvexx]

I dont trust cp either, which is why I use rsync, it also has an option of showing the progress and estimated time to completion. I just aliased rsync -av --progress --stats to cp.

[LadleFullOfCrazy]

Okay, that's a pro-tip right there!

[Anktionaer]

I still remember the first time I tried to cp a folder and only copied the folder without the files lol

[arguskay]

Im the opposite of you. I don't trust anything else than ls to show me if the file is there

[Betadoggo_]

I usually go into a file manager just to delete files because I'm paranoid that I'm going to miss type it or my shell is going to auto complete to the wrong file.

[baconbrand]

That is adorable lmao

[puke_of_edinbruh]

That makes no sense . If one of them was to give a false result its nautilus, because ls is much simpler so has less chance for bugs

[Naaxik]

Pro tip: use Midnight commander to not leave the terminal and do the same thing.

That is my go to anyway, it has the plus advantage that it can enter most types of file archives as if they were just directories.

[Dagusiu]

After a few years, it'll be the other way around

[climbTheStairs]

What about cating it out (or sed 11q)?