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Linux Essentials - Second Edition
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Computer documents come in many forms, but one of the most basic and flexible is a text file. Typically, configuration files and shell scripts are text files. Because you will often be modifying configuration files and creating shell scripts, you must be able to edit text files. This chapter covers this task with an emphasis on the simple text-mode pico, nano, and vi editors. A few roles played by text files are described first; then how to select a text editor is covered. To edit text files, of course, you must be able to start the editor, either on an existing document or a new one. The pico and nano editors are quite similar, so their operation is described together, followed by vi, which is a much more unusual editor by modern standards.
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