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Recover an Accidentally Deleted Text File
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recover_text_file.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Some text available in the file
SAMPLE_TEXT=$1
# The dev path for the media with the deleted file, e.g. /dev/sda2
HDD=$2
# The file used to store the output
RECOVERY_FILE=$3
sudo grep -a -B 25 -A 100 "$SAMPLE_TEXT" $HDD > $RECOVERY_FILE
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