Lets create a file to understand how to open a file.

What command is used to open a text editor in a linux system. Execute the below command. Vim which stands for vi improved is a text editor used by millions of computing professionals all over the world. Here is the same file opened in nano.

GUI editors gedit for GNOME KWrite for KDE If we want to edit a file called textfiletxt using gedit we would type gedit textfiletxt. 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. To enter text you must be in the insert mode for which simply type i.

Sudo apt-get install nano vim. Cat Testtxt This is a Test file. I then use the command gedit askubuntupy.

Ls displays files within a directory. GNU nano is an easy to use command line text editor for Unix and Linux operating systems. The nano command is a good text editor that denotes keywords with color and can recognize most languages.

So I cannot use the terminal until I close out of gedit I save and then click the X in the top corner. Below are some reasons which make it a widely used editor 1 It is available in almost all Linux Distributions. And vi is simpler than nano.

Emacs -nw filetxt. 2 It works the same across different platforms and Distributions. If you start emacs when using X11 the editor launches in its own floating window.