After re-connecting hard disk, terminal commands stop working

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The current working directors is, e.g. /media/username/ExtHDD/.
When disconnecting and re-connecting that HDD, commands such as ls do not work properly anymore.

$ -????????? ? ?    ?             ?            ? Filename.txt

Why do I have to use cd / ; cd /media/username/ExtHDD/ before the commands work again?

check this answer https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/393612/72456 too — αғsнιη, Mar 21 '19 at 22:18

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 21 '19 at 21:23

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When you eject a drive, all information about that drive and any processes attached to it, is discarded from the working memory of the operating system.

answered Mar 21 '19 at 21:23

Don Simon

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After re-connecting hard disk, terminal commands stop working

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