Recover Python script from memory, I screwed up

Question

Help, I screwed up.

I have a somewhat complex python script that is currently running in a putty window to a Ubuntu server.

I accidentally overwrote the scri

Answer 1

This is a late answer, but for everyone using IDE eclipse (other have something similar) can easily recover their *.py or other files using eclipse history. More in the eclipse doc: https://help.eclipse.org/neon/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.user%2Ftasks%2Ftasks-87b.htm or even better: Eclipse, recover recent history