How do I recover an open office fie on linux?

Question

i have an asus laptop that runs on linux, and i have an important file that i did a lot of work on and then saved. it apparently reverted to a formerly saved version of the file, and I am wondering if/how I can recover the other version of the document (I am sure I saved it).

Answer 1

Logged in as root,  open a terminal window and try this:

cd /

find . -name your file name -print  

If you accidentally saved it in another directory it should show all versions of the file.

You can also try looking in the lost+found directory, logged in as root.  Keep in mind that Linux is case sensitive.