Troubleshooting

These are some common remedies:

  • It is (usually) safer to copy and paste commands
  • To avoid spellling error use the ‘tab’ key to auto-complete
  • Do the hyphens or inverted commas need to be re-typed?
  • Are the spaces in the correct place?
  • Is the command prompt in the correct directory (folder)?
  • Is the login connection still active
  • Is the input file named correctly?
  • Never use {} or [] in file names.

If these fail, ask for help.