This type of text editor features a GUI but cannot be used from the command line.

How to use text editor in linux. All Linux distributions ship with multiple text editors included. Vi stands for visual instrument and the vi editor has been one of the most common if not THE most common text editors on Linux and UNIX systems since its creation in 1969 by Bill Joy. Typcially vivim is the default text editor.

Pressing A will replace all matches. The default command line text editor on Linux and BSD varaiants determines what is used when you run commands such as crontab -e and is often not what you want to use yourself. To use the Quick Editor select the text file you want to open and choose the Quick Edit command from the Tools menu or press the CtrlQ key combination and the file will be opened with the Quick Editor for you.

The editor will move to the first match and ask you whether to replace it. If we want to edit a file called textfiletxt using gedit we would type gedit textfiletxt. GUI text editors such as gedit for Gnome Kwrite and more.

Same thing goes in nano. Command-line text editors such as Vi nano pico and more. Copping cutting and pasting To select text move the cursor to the beginning of the text and press Alta.

Many people prefer emacs or other editors and I prefer to use nano myself. The internal Quick Editor can be used as a complete Notepad replacement within AB Commander. Make sure that if you want to edit an existing file.

The easiest way to open a text file is to navigate to the directory it lives in using the cd command and then type the name of the editor. A good example is Vim which gives you the option of jumping into the editor from the command line. Select a text with mouse and then use the right click menu to copy the text.