[SOLVED] Noob question: 'command not found'

Mekkhamek · 11-02-2012, 01:29 PM

Hi people

As the first step of installing a program with the aid of terminal, I paste 'sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts'

it asks me for my administrator password, I put that in, and then get

'sudo: /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit: command not found'

Next I am supposed to paste a bunch of text between 127.0.0.1 localhost and 255.255.255.255 broadcasthost, if I just go ahead and paste the stuffs every line says 'command not found'

wut shud i do?

Habitual · 11-02-2012, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mekkhamek

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the first step of installing a program with the aid of terminal, I paste

Code:

sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts

Are you using a Mac?

Code:

sudo whereis TextEdit

and that output, possibly

Code:

sudo whereis textedit

Mekkhamek · 11-02-2012, 02:06 PM

yes i'm using a mac.

when i type that in i just get

Code:

localhost:~ myname

TroN-0074 · 11-02-2012, 03:10 PM

is textedit the name of your file? And why do you leave space between Textedit and /etc/hosts

What Text editor do you have installed in your computer?
Is this a Homework exercise?

Habitual · 11-03-2012, 10:30 AM

terminal >

Code:

sudo find `pwd` / -name TextEdit -type f

John VV · 11-03-2012, 07:06 PM

??????
What is it you are doing ???????

trying to USE the Apple Mac text editor ON A LINUX install
to edit the host file ????????

you do not run Apple programs nor Microsoft programs on a linux OS

please read
"how to ask a question "
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...Ask_a_Question

Mekkhamek · 11-07-2012, 07:22 PM

Mekkhamek · 11-07-2012, 07:49 PM

heyyyy i figured it out, thanks anways. Textedit was not in applications it was just somewhere random. Herp derp have a nice day