Mv filename .. (Where will the file go?)

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[root@localhost /home/chankey/Desktop/Downloads]# ls
myproject.plx
[root@localhost /home/chankey/Desktop/Downloads]# mv myproject.plx ..

I had the file in Downloads folder. I used mv command as shown above and now I can't see the file. It is neither in the Desktop folder nor in the Downloads.

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Check if /home/chankey/Desktop/Download for some reason would be a symlink to for example /home/chankey/Download ... If so, it may be that that the file is in /home/chankey/

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