Closing a file...
 

If a file is opened from the comman prompt with something like:

gedit somefile &

Is there a way to close somefile while leaving the instance of gedit still open?

My idea is that sometimes I will have more than one file open in gedit. I run a script daily that updates to a log file. The log file is then opened and viewed with gedit.

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

In gedit, just click on the somefile tab's "x" instead of the window bar "x".

I needed to be a bit more specific.

From the command prompt, how can I close one file that is opened in gedit, while leaving other files opened with gedit.

Hope this clears things up a bit.

kilgoretrout gave you the answer.

You need to look closely at your gedit window when it has a file open.

On the line below "Open" "Save" etc there is a little tab with the name of your file. Try opening another file - it'll have a little tab as well.
On those tabs is an X Clicking it closes the file not gedit.

Edit: If you want to do this from the command line (close one tabbed file in gedit, leaving the others open) I do not think you can do this, but why would you want to?

There has been several instances where I will have sevaral files opened in gedit.

My logic is to do the following from the command prompt:
1-Close logfile that was opened with gedit, while keeping other files opened
2-Run script to update the logfile
3-Reopen logfile using gedit

I am only interested with the changes to the logfile. Could there be an easier way the do this, may be using a different file viewer? I am open to suggestions.

Thank you for any help or input.
GeoK

Hi,

gedit is for editing files, you seem to just want to view them. Additionally you want to watch the file as it updates. For this purpose "tail -f" would probably be a good choice:

Use Ctrl-C in the terminal when you want to stop looking at the file.

Evo2.