Accidentally changed the bashrc file when making a change cannot find it in terminal though it appears in file browser
 

I was making a change to bashrc to set JAVA as a login variable when i accidentally saved it with a new name, when i go into file browser i can see the file but when i look for it in console it isn't there, I am very new at linux so any help is appreciated.

May be a silly answer, but have you tried:
The 'l' outputs it in list format (so optional)
but -a shows all files, including hidden files, which wouldn't show up with a standard ls.

If it's .bashrc, you need to enter:
in the terminal or console to show hidden files, starting with a .

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I can see the bashrc file in there and it seems fine, its just that when i try to do nano~/ .bshrc it can't perform the action as it can't locate the file

Just in case that's not a typo.
Make sure theres a space after nano. If it can't find the file it should still open nano; It will say "[ New File ]" at the bottom.

As said above, it is a 'dot' file, generally hidden from a user because it affects how your system works.

To edit it use

I have done that and now the files empty.

I forgot to mention i located the file already using the nano ~/.bashrc and then when i edited to set up a variable i accidentally saved it under a different name and i can't find that file

If you know what you called the file you could try:

^ locate might not help in this case.
try instead

You could also try in your home directory to list all files and sort them by last modified time. If you did this recently, your file should be listed near the end.

The environment variable $HOME and the shorthand ~ are equivalent depending on your shell / use case.

$ nano $HOME/.bashrc

If you are saying that you saved the file under a different name, & can't remember what name, you can search by using the date that you created the file. :)