Text Editors Flashcards
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What are the types of editors?
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- Line Editor
a. ed
b. ex - Terminal Editors
a. pico , ai)nano
b. vi
c. emacs - GUI Editors
a. KDE –> kate, kwrite
b. Gnome— >gedit
c. sublime
d. atom
e. brackets - IDE
a. eclipse
b. Bluefish
c. NetBeans
2
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What are the expected features of an editor?
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13
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What command is used to check the path of pico or nano editors?
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which pico
which nano
14
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how to open a file for editing with nano / pico editor?
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nano <filename>
pico <filename></filename></filename>
15
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What are the modes of vi editor?
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- Command mode (Esc)
- Insert Mode ( i,I ,o, O ,a, A)
- ex mode (:)
16
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How to activate line numbers in vi editor?
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use command se nu
to turn off use command se nonu
17
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What is secure copy ?
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18
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how to unzip a tar file ?
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tar -xvf code3d.tar
19
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What does command dmsg do?
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dmsg displays all error system messages
we could save this as a file using redirection like
dmsg > dmsg.txt
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