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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Difference between console and Terminal. Post 302507869 by theboogymaster on Friday 25th of March 2011 03:21:39 AM
Old 03-25-2011
Hmm strange that you can't open files with gedit or kate. What is the command that you used ?

There are tons of applications used in the console or terminal if you want is the same thing (console is just a synonym of terminal):
Linux Command Directory: Index
Linux Commands - A practical reference
Basic Linux Commands
bash commands - Linux MAN Pages

And yes the console is an application and "Virtual terminals" are actually software that simulate the operation of a real terminal.
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sysmsg(7D)							      Devices								sysmsg(7D)

NAME
sysmsg - system message routing to console devices SYNOPSIS
/dev/sysmsg DESCRIPTION
The file /dev/sysmsg routes output to a variable set of console devices. Writes to /dev/sysmsg are always directed to the system console /dev/console, and are in addition directed to a set of auxiliary console devices managed by consadm(1M). Only root has permission to write to this device. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Availability |SUNWcsr | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Stable | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
consadm(1M), syslogd(1M) , attributes(5), console(7D) SunOS 5.10 13 Oct 1998 sysmsg(7D)
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