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How can I recover overwritten file in mac?

I accidentally did echo 'export BUNDLER_EDITOR=code' > ~/.bash_profile to add line to .bash_profile which overwritten previous scripts. How can I recover previous script? But I have iterm2 terminal open with previous .bash_profile setting, can we get content of .bash_profile from open terminal.

Solution

  • If you still have a Terminal open, you can maybe salvage some aspects of your environment.

    So, for your environment variables and function definitions:

    declare -p > $HOME/NEWPROFILE

    And for your aliases:

    alias > $HOME/ALIASES

    For more help on the declare command, use:

    help declare