Accidentally rename a currently downloading file
This was a small problem I faced, just to share how I solved it.
I was downloading a large file with JDownloader, around 700MB. But while downloading at around 600MB, I renamed the file (with extension “.part”) in the file browser. I didn’t notice it, until I finished downloading the file. Then I have 2 files something like this:
My_target_file_name.part 628647283 original_file_name.avi 734171136
From here, I knew that I renamed the file “original_file_name.part” to “My_target_file_name.part” during the file size was 628647283. But JDownloader continued to download the file until finish at 734171136 size.
Don’t worry, no need to re-download the file immediately. Try the following steps.
What I wanted to do was to combine the ending 105523853 from original_file_name.avi to the My_target_file_name.part, then the problem will be solved. So, split the file,
split -b 628647283 original_file_name.avi output
This will produce the files the outputaa with file size 628647283 and outputab with file size 105523853.
Now, combine the My_target_file_name.part with outputab, will solve the problem.
cat My_target_file_name.part outputtab > My_target_file_name.avi
Now, problem solved.