If using bash, try using the up-arrow and you should be shown your command history. If your history is large enough, you'll find the command you used to rename the file. On Fri, 7 Sep 2018, Richard Owlett wrote:
> Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 15:46:31 > From: Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> > To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> > Subject: Is there a log file of ...? > Resent-Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 19:47:20 +0000 (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Earlier today when launching a long used from a console rather than by > clicking on an icon, I got a strange WARNING message. > > I reported it on a related Usenet group. I got a reply from a Windows user > suggesting several things to investigate. A key sub-string, and its usage, > caught my attention. I used the Mate Search Tool to locate any file with that > sub-string. Found one. Rather than deleting it I just added some characters to > the beginning of the filename. The purpose was to easily restore things to the > original state. It _*APPARENTLY*_ solved my problem. Later a different path of > investigation was suggested. > > I wish to restore the old filename to run a test of the 2nd suggestion. > > Real world intervenes - i.e. Murphy's Law > By a weird chain of associations I was able discover its *NEW* name. > Still not sure of its original name - but that's another issue to be explored > on a different group. > > To repeat my subject line: "Is there a log file of ...?" > In this case I know the file's extension and VERY approximately when the name > was changed. > > In the appropriate time period I know that there were no more than a dozen > files created/destroyed/renamed. > > Is there a relevant log file? > > TIA > > > > --
