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- 12-05-2005 #1Just Joined!
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Editing text from command line
What would be the Linux command to write and save certain text string to a file?
- 12-05-2005 #2Linux Guru
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That depends. If all you want to do is write a line of text to a file you could do this:
If instead you want a full-blown text editor, there are a few choices (some easier to pick up than others):Code:echo Some text you want > targetfilename.txt
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