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ls and ls -la commands are not displaying files that I want to compile. Why are my files not showing up?

Andy Le
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    Because they are in another directory? – MikeCAT May 01 '16 at 11:44
  • There is a file in the location Desktop/hello that I want to compile, but the file is not showing up. My only theory is that some other program may be moving the file but the file is clearly there. – Andy Le May 01 '16 at 11:45
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    Can't you copy-paste the terminal output instead of liking us to that image? – Maroun May 01 '16 at 11:46
  • The typical UNIX command `ls` won't show files that aren't in the current directly without `-R` option. Yes, the reason is that they are not where the command scanned for files. – MikeCAT May 01 '16 at 12:43

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Why are my files not showing up?

Because they are not in the current directory! They are in a different directory. Based on this comment ...

There is a file in the location Desktop/hello that I want to compile, but the file is not showing up.

... I am guessing that the file will show up if you run ls -l Desktop when you are in your home directory. Or if you happen to be in another directory then ls -l ~/Desktop.

Stephen C
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ls and ls -a will display contents of the current directory in which you are. Does pwd command show the directory Desktop u der which you are expecting the files to be? If not you will have to CD to that directory first and then run ls command.

Vishal
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