Thread: Ubuntu recover undelete .bashrc file

hey all
when i
ls -a .b*

i get
.bash_history .bash_logout .bashrc

but when :
pico .bashrc

its an empty file..

how can i recover it ?

thanks.

May be file is empty. Can you see anything with the following command:

Code:

cat .bashrc

i did :
cat .bashrc

its empty

i used to see things inside there,,
i added some commands inside the file
and somehow it got empty ..
so i wanna recover it..

thanks.

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Dude, you can look at another systems .bashrc and copy it.
Then make whatever changes you want.

Then try:

$chattr +i .bashrc

To make the file undeleteable.

OR

$chattr +a .bashrc

Check the man pages on that command to know the difference between the commands.

Originally Posted by eawedat

i did :
cat .bashrc

its empty

i used to see things inside there,,
i added some commands inside the file
and somehow it got empty ..
so i wanna recover it..

thanks.

Though is answer is not up to the requirement just give a thought to this..

Are you sure recently it got removed?
if its recently removed(data) then you can use recovery tool suggested by Nix.. if long time back its content are deleted then chances are less..
i don't think it is having important data, as the above person suggested change the permissions after coping this file from /etc/skel
..