Hey guys im a big ol newbie at linux and was just wondering if there is anyway i can get a file i accidently deleted from /usr/bin/ back

the file is /usr/bin/transcode

i have my reasons for accidently deleting this file and if i told you them it wouldn't sound so stupid but im not getting into that. i just need to know if i can get this file back i did it in command using rm transcode.
Main reason i need this file back is because i have the program installed but i cannot use it now because the executable thingy is gone
anyway help if you can anyone. Thanks

If you use ext3 I think there's a way, but maybe its quicker just reinstalling the app?

Check out the LQ FAQ: Security references, post #5 "Forensics, recovery, undelete" for undelete HOWTO's and tools.

I've never tried to undelete a file in Linux but if you want to go that way then it's imperative that you don't do any operation that will cause a write to the partition where that file resides as that may overwrite the sectors it used.

But I think the easiest thing for you to do would be to reinstall the application that this file comes from.

1. unmount the partition on which the file was, if possible.
2. use debugfs to undelete the file (debugfs --help; man debugfs)

HTH

thanx everyone for their help. I ended up just reinstalling regretably but it's fixed now, ill learn not to be so hast in my deletions next time