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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How to edit a large file Post 302581938 by vbe on Wednesday 14th of December 2011 12:18:07 PM
Old 12-14-2011
What size file?
What are you trying to edit as a file?
 

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EXO-DESKTOP-ITEM-EDIT(1)					   User Commands					  EXO-DESKTOP-ITEM-EDIT(1)

NAME
exo-desktop-item-edit - Create icons on the desktop DESCRIPTION
Usage: exo-desktop-item-edit [OPTION...] [FILE|FOLDER] Help Options: -?, --help Show help options --help-all Show all help options --help-gtk Show GTK+ Options Application Options: -c, --create-new Create a new desktop file in the given directory -t, --type Type of desktop file to create (Application or Link) --name Preset name when creating a desktop file --comment Preset comment when creating a desktop file --command Preset command when creating a launcher --url Preset URL when creating a link --icon Preset icon when creating a desktop file -v, --version Print version information and exit --display=DISPLAY X display to use AUTHOR
Written by Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>. exo-desktop-item-edit comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, You may redistribute copies of exo-desktop-item-edit under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License which can be found in the exo source package. Please report bugs to <http://bugzilla.xfce.org/>. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2005-2006 os-cillation e.K. All rights reserved. SEE ALSO
The full documentation for exo-desktop-item-edit is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and exo-desktop-item-edit programs are properly installed at your site, the command info exo-desktop-item-edit should give you access to the complete manual. exo-desktop-item-edit 0.3.1.10rc1 September 2006 EXO-DESKTOP-ITEM-EDIT(1)
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