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03-01-2007, 02:18 AM
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Registered: Mar 2007
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$ gedit.bashrc &-"COMMAND NOT FOUND"
When i follow this step to install ns2.29.2 on my SSH client "Configure your .bashrc file in the home directory to use NS-2.
.bashrc is a configuration file for bash where rc stands for “run commands”
$ cd ~ or cd /home/ns2userName
$ gedit .bashrc &"The response i get is" -bash: gedit.bashrc: command not found"
Please help!
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03-01-2007, 02:59 AM
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Registered: Nov 2006
Location: Belgium
Distribution: Ubuntu 11.04, Debian testing
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Why don't you try gedit /home/username/.bashrc? That should work.
Btw, what does the ampersand after bashrc stand for? Try leaving that out and gedit .bashrc should work. Also, you need to be root to manipulate bashrc.
Last edited by jay73; 03-01-2007 at 03:04 AM.
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03-01-2007, 04:14 AM
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Registered: Oct 2005
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Originally Posted by aabhardadhich
The response i get is " -bash: gedit.bashrc: command not found"
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It looks like you typed the command without a space between gedit and .bashrc: try with a space. |
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03-01-2007, 05:12 AM
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Come to think of it, are you sure gedit is installed at all? It is by default on some distributions, on other ones you need to do it yourself.
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03-01-2007, 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by jay73
Btw, what does the ampersand after bashrc stand for?
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The ampersand would open the gedit window in the background, allowing you to continue using the shell without having to quit gedit.
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Originally Posted by jay73
Also, you need to be root to manipulate bashrc.
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If the file is in you home directory, then you, the user, can edit it; no need to be root. Root would edit the global bashrc found in /etc. |
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