UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

im trying to open a file in my bin directory and the farthest i can get is into the folder but not the actual file itself i use text edit as the editor. when i try to open the file it says it doesn't exist here is what i type



cd bin
open cmnds (dir. which it is under)
open test
no such file


am i missing something or is that the farthest i can go to opening a file

"test" is the name of a Unix command, so it could be causing conflict.

Rename the file to something other than "test" and see if that helps.

it still won't open it i changed it to a bunch of different names i tried

open -adg
open -a adg


(btw adg is the new name)

i don't understand, perhaps adg is a command to?

I've never used "Text Edit", but you could try opening the file in a standard editor like "vi". Open a shell, and type

Code:

vi /path/to/file/file_name

Once vi launches, press ESC, then type

Code:

:q

to exit straight away. That should at least prove if the file is "openable".

Also, check your permissions on the file,

Code:

ls -l /path/to/file/file_name

The permissions should at least be something like -rw-r--r-- or whatever, depending on your umask.

Cheers
ZB
http://www.zazzybob.com

I am not so sure when you said "open" it. Doesn't the command "open" mean to start a program on a new terminal? Are you sure the file is there? If you want to run it, why just try "./file"? Or if you want to read the file content, use cat, more, or some editor such as vi/vim, emacs.