Tried to move a file from Desktop to Home Folder by drag and drop and it just disappeared and can't be found neither on the Desktop nor in the home folder nor via the search function

if you know the name of the file you can run:

cd /home; ls; sudo find -iname "name*"

You can type the first few letters of the name and it will be fine. I think it will be in /home from what you say but it will be found.

sudo updatedb
locate name_of_file

http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2009/03/15-practical-linux-find-command-examples/

updatedb takes waaay too long for casual searching. find is great for one offs.

Hello all!

Thank you very very much for your kindness and help!

I really feel stupid because it was moved to a subdirectory of home...

So thank you and sorry for not searching my files before talking about errors and so on.

Only thing that makes me wonder is that I couldn't find it from "places" -> "search for files" but perhaps I just misstyped ^^ )-:

But I'm now happy for having these files again and astonished from the great help and patience I expercienced here.
So thanks again.
Kind Regards

Christian Uhl

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> makes me wonder is that I couldn't find it from "places" -> "search for files"

If you click on the 'Help' button in the search window, you'll find the answer I've provided, in section 'usage'.
Quote yelp:
By default ... seek leads after a quick search files using the command locate, followed by a more specific search by using the command find. The locate command is faster because it uses a database of file information....And offers to disable the high speed. To update the database ... You grant the updatedb command with administrator privileges.

Hi :)

It is great to hear you did find what you were looking for. Really that is the main thing for us. It is often better to ask a question and then start searching for yourself because whatever problem you have is likely to be encountered by someone else. By posting your answer and marking the thread "Solved" you give other people a faster way of finding the answer that helped you. So, hearing that you solved a problem makes us happy.

Thanks and regards from
Tom :)

What is the easiest way to move one file to another folder?

Hi :)
In this forum it is usually best to start a whole new thread and give it a meaningful subject-line to attract people who might have some idea how to solve the specific problem.

Hijacking this old thread means you can only get answers from me, actionparsnip or mrtest because no-one else will ever see your post. Most of us 3 probably aren't even around any more having moved on to other things.

Personally i tend to use rsync on the command-line quite a lot these days. Mostly that is because i now ssh into remote systems quite a bit nowadays. It's mainly better for moving tons of files and where it's likely you might have to do the same copying or copying back. Rsync kinda 'syncs' the files so that if it finds the same file-names it doesn't try to over-write the existing one. So the first time you use it it's not particularly any faster but subsequent times it speeds up due to not having to copy everything.

On a desktop machines or where i've got a gui i do still use drag&drop or cut/copy&paste quite a bit but those tend to be a bit slower. Still seems faster under Gnu&Linux than under Windows although Win7 is supposedly catching up with Gnu&Linux speeds.

Regards from
Tom :)