Where is my file saved locally?

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I've downloaded a file--I see the contents of my text file in the terminal window as it is downloaded in curl, but where is it saved on my local machine:

curl -v -O myFile.txt -u username:password  "ftp://myserver/myFilet.txt"

Peter Robertson

Posted 2016-02-25T19:07:53.247

Reputation: 1

Answers

The file is will have downloaded to the directory you were in when you executed the curl command.

davidgo

Posted 2016-02-25T19:07:53.247

Reputation: 49 152

The directory from which I executed the command is empty. And I can't search because of what appear to be permission restriction. As I said I see the file and its contents in the cygwin terminal window but the file is nowhere to be found. ?? Could it be because of a permissions error?? Thanks. – Peter Robertson – 2016-02-25T21:37:50.377

Got it--I was using an upper case 'O' in my command instead of a lowercase 'o'--I have no idea what 'O' was doing but 'o' downloads the file where I want it....Thanks for the help. – Peter Robertson – 2016-02-25T22:02:02.967

Try to download your files in predefined directory, for example, home. Use curl -v -O ~/myFile.txt -u username:password "ftp://myserver/myFilet.txt";ls ~/ You'll see your file in your home folder

Another option is to find your file:

find /* -name "myFile.txt"

This will look for file on an entire root filesystem (/*) for exact match "myFile.txt".

aaaaa says reinstate Monica

Posted 2016-02-25T19:07:53.247

Reputation: 213

I tried saving to home folder but I still can't find it nor does a search turn up anything bu a lot of permissions denied to folders. I'm using a cygwin terminal... – Peter Robertson – 2016-02-25T19:31:52.557

@PeterRobertson can you post screen listing, maybe omitting file contents and any hosts – aaaaa says reinstate Monica – 2016-02-25T19:44:37.727