I need help setting up a k3s cluster ( at a very short notice. 😞 ) so I ran this

curl -sfL <https://get.k3s.io> | sh -s - server

but i did not get the token anywhere in /etc/rancher/k3s the only file that is there is k3s.yaml where do I get the token?

https://preview.krakensoftware.eu/blogs this might help you setting up, although the blog is far from completed. About 1/5th is posted atm, still working on the rest of it. But please take note that the website is in development, and I had to swiftly create a blog-like system to help a colleague out. I haven't had the time yet to ensure everything is readable.