Open .txt file using OpenOffice through terminal
 

I've created a .txt file using touch johan.txt.
When I run cat johan.txt through terminal, it display the file contents in the terminal.

Is there a command that when I type in the terminal, it will display the contents of the file using OpenOffice or KWord or any text editor?

Well CLI editors will be as simple as GUI ones you may be able to get away with the same.

I take it you dont want to have to open the file from inside the program?

just type the command followed by the file name, e.g., kate johan.txt, gedit johan.txt, etc.

You can open it with openoffice (ooffice johan.txt), which will open a separate Open Office Window.

If you want to use a terminal program, you should use vim (type: vi johan.txt) or nano (nano johan.txt). Vim is a very powerful editor, but it takes some time to get used to it. You should definitely google for a quick tutorial if you wnat to use vim. Nano is similar to DOS' edit, and quite intuitively to use