Day-18 Text Editors in Linux
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Ok, we saw about file systems and file permissions, but now suppose you want to change or edit a file. How would you do that? We can do that using text-editors. There are a lot of text-editors available, like Vim, Nano, Gedit, VScode, GNU emacs, etc. However, we will only look at three editors: Vim, Nano, and Gedit.
Gedit
The GNOME desktop environment comes with the Gedit editor by default. Whenever you open a file, it will open with the Gedit editor. It offers simple features similar to those of a standard text editor.
gedit <file_name>
Vim
It is one of the most popular and effective command-line editors. The majority of Linux distributions by default support it. It is user-friendly and offers the same layout for all Linux distributions.
The vim editor, sometimes referred to as a programmer's editor, supports the majority of file types. According to our needs, we can use its plugin. It is also the most difficult one. Seriously, when I was learning it, my major issue was how to exit it 😅
Installation
It is easy to install just type below command and you are ready to go with it.
sudo apt-get install vim
vim <file_name>
When type something in vim window it will automatically goes into insert mode and you can edit that file. If you wish to add text, you must switch to insert mode by pressing the I key. If you have added text and want to save your changes, you must press the escape key and then: wq.
Nano
It is simple to use for both beginner and expert users. It has various options for modification. Unlike vim you also have instructions below to help.
nano <file_name>
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