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Posted by Aliayub Ali
Aliayub Ali
3,495 Points

Help!!! with the console proplem

If I want to edit a file in console what is a command for it and if I want to read it what is the command for it.

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

Which console, Linux, OSX, Win, Workspaces or something else?

Aliayub Ali
Aliayub Ali
3,495 Points

I don't the one in the courses I guess Linux or posix

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Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

Regarding terminal (console) in a GNU/LInux distribution like Ubuntu (workspaces uses Ubuntu 16.04) - two common commands to edit a file are vim and nano. nano is basic and easy. vim seems to be what the cool kids use and seems to have superpowers, I'm not up on vim. cat is used to puke the contents of a file to the terminal. These are covered in this course - Console Foundations