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From the command line, I want to do cat on a txt file on a different partition, how can I do that?

I mount the drive manually and from the command line, I type: (this case, abc.txt in f drive)

cat ~/media/f/abc.txt

But it says no such file or directory exists.

Please help, thanks!

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Remove the ~ and try again ;) – Polynomial Nov 2 '11 at 7:13
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How exactly do you mount your drive? Could you please post your mounting command? What is an output of 'mount -l' command after you've done your mount operation? – Mark Bramnik Nov 2 '11 at 7:14
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~ points to your local user directory, is it really the case? – Mark Bramnik Nov 2 '11 at 7:15
I did not mount the drive in command line, I did in the graphical UI, sorry – JJ Liu Nov 2 '11 at 7:54

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When you're writing cat ~/media/f/abc.txt, you are referringn to a directory called media inside your home folder. Are you sure you mounted it there, and not in /media ? Try this:

cat /media/f/abc.txt
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thanks for your help, it works. – JJ Liu Nov 2 '11 at 7:55

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