Thread: Accessing My files

dear xubuntu world tried making data base , cannot seem retrieve info. not sure doing wrong:
joeb@joeb-laptop:~$ sudo su
root@joeb-laptop:/home/joeb# family.dat
bash: my: command not found
root@joeb-laptop:/home/joeb# ls
arithmetic desktop family math mydata pictures templates
bin documents family.dat music mymenu public videos
root@joeb-laptop:/home/joeb# cd family
bash: cd: family: not directory
root@joeb-laptop:/home/joeb# cd family.dat
bash: cd: family.dat: not directory
root@joeb-laptop:/home/joeb# $family.dat
bash: .dat: command not found
root@joeb-laptop:/home/joeb# /family.dat
bash: /family.dat: no such file or directory
root@joeb-laptop:/home/joeb#

ideas
joe

joebipp: don't understand mean "...making data base". mean spreadsheet produced openoffice.org/gnumeric etc or mean relational database produced application such mysql?

files produced openoffice etc held in home directory , therefore "owned" you. should not need use superuser permissions access these files. please read stickies @ start of "absolute beginner talk" section above further on this.

if file trying access called "family.dat" application created file?

please clarify , post output of following command show permissions associated each file:

code:

ls -l

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