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# 78  
Old 07-05-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by mrprietzel
Basically I'm looking for something like pico or like "edit" from the dos prompt.
nano is the new improved pico. It's got tons more features but doesn't cram them down your throat the way more 'ideological' editors like vi, emacs, etc do. It's a freaking text editor, you don't need to learn The Nano Way.

I use it for everything, and I find it on most modern systems. It's even on OSX, which suprised me.
# 79  
Old 07-05-2006
I never tried nano. I liked vim, whan i tried it.
I think I'll try it soon... thanks or the interesting reply.

Freddie
# 80  
Old 07-17-2006
Ans this question ....
in the Text file ex sample.txt

cat sample.txt

morning
evening
night
bye

__________________
i want add text "Good " i front of all the words .
u have to use one vi command only
or
u can write script also

o/p should be like this

cat sample.txt
Good morning
Good evening
Good night
Good bye

___________
# 81  
Old 07-17-2006
Code tags for console, use 'em. Code tags are the difference between
.88888888:.
88888888.88888.
.8888888888888888.
888888888888888888
88' _`88'_ `88888
88 88 88 88 88888
88_88_::_88_:88888
88:::,::,:::::8888
88`:::::::::'`8888
.88 `::::' 8:88.
8888 `8:888.
.8888' `888888.
.8888:.. .::. ...:'8888888:.
.8888.' :' `'::`88:88888
.8888 ' `.888:8888.
888:8 . 888:88888
.888:88 .: 888:88888:
8888888. :: 88:888888
`.::.888. :: .88888888
.::::::.888. :: :::`8888'.:.
::::::::::.888 ' .::::::::::::
::::::::::::.8 ' .:8::::::::::::.
.::::::::::::::. .:888:::::::::::::
:::::::::::::::88:.__..:88888:::::::::::'
`'.:::::::::::88888888888.88:::::::::'
`':::_:' -- '' -'-' `':_::::'`
and
Code:
                 .88888888:. 
                88888888.88888. 
              .8888888888888888. 
              888888888888888888 
              88' _`88'_  `88888 
              88 88 88 88  88888 
              88_88_::_88_:88888 
              88:::,::,:::::8888 
              88`:::::::::'`8888 
             .88  `::::'    8:88. 
            8888            `8:888. 
          .8888'             `888888. 
         .8888:..  .::.  ...:'8888888:. 
        .8888.'     :'     `'::`88:88888 
       .8888        '         `.888:8888. 
      888:8         .           888:88888 
    .888:88        .:           888:88888: 
    8888888.       ::           88:888888 
    `.::.888.      ::          .88888888 
   .::::::.888.    ::         :::`8888'.:. 
  ::::::::::.888   '         .:::::::::::: 
  ::::::::::::.8    '      .:8::::::::::::. 
 .::::::::::::::.        .:888::::::::::::: 
 :::::::::::::::88:.__..:88888:::::::::::' 
  `'.:::::::::::88888888888.88:::::::::' 
        `':::_:' -- '' -'-' `':_::::'`

and just as importantly, they tell people where these things begin and end.
# 82  
Old 07-18-2006
Once you get used to it VI is pretty good.
# 83  
Old 08-18-2006
i prefer vi....
# 84  
Old 08-21-2006
我觉得还是记事本实用吧...... Smilie
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