It depends a lot on how much has happened in that directory. The file name is often still there. The trouble is, if you've had a *lot* of files with the same name, they're probably ALL still there.
Maybe it depends on the file system. They certainly were when I used it.
Or maybe you're thinking of the lost+found directory, rather than the testdisk program? That's a very different feature and unlikely to help with an accidental rm, but can rescue something that got lost due to power failure.
For the record, it is a **GOOD THING** that none of us are deeply familiar with the tools that help you recover from disasters. I would be a lot more scared if we were using them every day...
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u/rosuav 1d ago
It depends a lot on how much has happened in that directory. The file name is often still there. The trouble is, if you've had a *lot* of files with the same name, they're probably ALL still there.