Vinyl cutter/ linux problem (SOLVED)

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Hey I’m trying to send a file to cut and it’s saying it can’t find the file. Any help appreciated. Bare in mind I’m a complete idiot at computer stuff @frasco @tobyspark @Dermot

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I always stumble through this…I think you have to have the .hpgl file in the current directory/file which would be the 'makerspace@slms… one from the looks of it

@andrewdblack is a good resource on this.

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Haven’t used the vinyl cutter yet, but:

  • in the first command, it looks like you mis-typed the name of the vinyl cutter port tty/USB0 instead of ttyUSB0
  • in the second command, it looks like (from the screenshot) that the file you’re trying to send is on the desktop directory, and your current directory in the command line is the home directory.

You can change directory in the command line by using the cd command, but I don’t know what the correct directory is for the Desktop. If there’s anyone around familiar with Linux, they should be able to show you.

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Thanks this one worked

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If you ‘loose’ a file, say chester03.hpgl, you can find where it is with the following command

sudo find / -name ‘chester03.hpgl’ -exec ls -Al {} ;
And if it returns with say /home/makerspace/beth/chester03.hpgl

Then you can either cd to the reorted position
cd /home/makerspace/beth/
cat chester03.hpgl > /dev/ttyUSB0

or cat the file from the reported position

cat /home/makerspace/beth/chester03.hpgl > /dev/ttyUSB0

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Oops character dropped!
Should be
sudo find / -name ‘chester03.hpgl’ -exec ls -Al {} ;

ie backslash before ;

Still dropping backslash. Try two
sudo find / -name ‘chester03.hpgl’ -exec ls -Al {} \;