Dreaded "Didn't back up" mistake

Configuration
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First : Very important lesson learned about backing up my files.
Thankfully, the only file impacted is my script.yaml file in /config/packages folder. Somehow I saved the document as blank and now it has nothing in it. I haven’t restarted HA yet and I can still see the scripts on the front end.

I have HA running on HASSIO through Docker on Synology. After reading This Link I was able to SSH into my synology and can see the contents of the configuration.yaml file which if that were the file I was missing, I could easily copy and paste the information. However, I am trying to get to the scripts.yaml file which is located in /packages. After doing step 5 of the support thread, I am able to see the packages directory, but i am unable to open the script.yaml file the same way I did with the configuration file. I tried modifying step 6 by doing vi /packages/script.yaml but it returns nothing. Is there ANYWAY to recover the script.yaml content from HA before I restart it and it looses all the scripts?

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Not if you wrote a blank file to it AFAIK.

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Don’t know if it will help you but there are file recovery software you can use.

I used it on our camera SD card when it got corrupt.
Not only could I recover the files that should be there but also files that was several months old and should have been overwritten.
Don’t ask me how it works, but it costed about $100 for one month if I recall correctly.
Worth it for me and my case but not sure about one yaml file.
Maybe you can try a free/trail version and see if it works for you.

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What is the software?

Also the more you use the card now, the less likely to be able to recover a file. Mount it read only until you fix it (or give up)

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I have no clue.
It was one of the top results when you Google it.
Maybe it’s still installed on the laptop, but my daughter was kind enough to place a toy on the keyboard and closing the lid… Hard…
A replacement screen is on its way here. Hopefully today.

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I’ve had success with Recuva (free). Only on windows formatted drives though. Not sure if it does linux.

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That is valid point.
That SD card was windows formatted.
Not sure if there even exist a software for Linux formatted cards.

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I have recovered data from ext2/ext3 disks, but it was years ago! Cannot remember how but is is, of course, possible.

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I guess you could try modifying one of your scripts from the frontend and savig it. HA will then write back the changes to your scripts.yaml. I am not sure how it is when the scripts are in package folders. But I guess it is something you can try out quickly.