Exiting vi and finding a .bashrc file

htalbot · 10-26-2005, 01:22 PM

Hey everyone... well I'm fairly new to this, but I'm struggling to do 2 things.

I've managed to open a vi window, but can't recall how to save and close it. Is there a common listing of commands, maybe a url someone can point me in the direction of?

2. How do I find the .bashrc file? I have root access, but I am currently logged on as a normal user... and I need to find it asap.

Many thanks

Hamish

ghostmac · 10-26-2005, 01:39 PM

To close the vi editor (assuming your in a terminag);

first get to the editor command prompt by a :

to close a file :q!

to save a file :wq!

The .bashrc should be in you home directory. At the prompt do a cd
That will bring you your HD
Do a a ls -la <--that will list ALL files in you HD
To see just your "dot" files type the following, ls -ld .*

Hope this helps.

Pete M · 10-26-2005, 01:42 PM

Write and close

Code:

:wq

Close

Code:

:q

Close and abort changes

Code:

:q!

.bashrc is a hidden file in your home directory "." because the dot makes it hidden

To view on the command line

Code:

$ ls -a

htalbot · 10-26-2005, 01:43 PM

Ghostmac... thank you very much! I have played with unix commands about 6 years ago... and it just came back to me as you were writing!

"To see just your "dot" files type the following, ls -ld .*" this I didn't know very helpful!

Cheers and plenty of beers for Ghostmac!

htalbot · 10-26-2005, 01:46 PM

And some beers for Pete M!!!

You guys are quick with responses and theyre accurate too... most forums are so slow... that I don't bother. So thank you.

Hamish

simcox1 · 10-26-2005, 02:32 PM

It's worth your while maybe running:

vimtutor

in a terminal. It's a really good tutorial.

greengrocer · 10-27-2005, 03:39 AM

or instead of using vi, use 'pico' instead. Pico is much easier to use.

titopoquito · 10-27-2005, 04:19 AM

You can find an overview on vi shortcuts for example in the rute Linux tutorial. It shows many more tasks and comes very handy even if you tried vimtutor but forgot how to something in vi:
http://rute.2038bug.com/node9.html.g...00000000000000

eddiebaby1023 · 10-29-2005, 04:17 PM

The real way out of vi is "<ESC>ZZ" (the escape is optional if you *know* you're already in command mode). Using the colon method shows newbiness.

eddiebaby1023 · 10-29-2005, 04:18 PM

Oh, and if you use "ls -A" it'll exclude . and .. from the dotted file list.