Newbie Needing Help
Daniel Staal
DStaal at usa.net
Mon May 9 01:15:27 UTC 2011
--As of May 8, 2011 5:45:55 PM -0700, Chip Camden is alleged to have said:
> For viewing or editing a file, what you want is a text editor. I use
> vim, but it really isn't designed for beginners. Whatever editor you
> decide to use, I would advise reading up on it before jumping into text
> files.
--As for the rest, it is mine.
If you are just viewing, I'd use a pager instead. 'less' is my go-to
choice, and is fairly intuitive.
Note that you cannot *edit* the file in less. You'd have to go to vim or
something else to do that.
Daniel T. Staal
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