OpenSuse Terminal text editor

myubuntu · 03-26-2010, 11:31 AM

Hi guys,

please let me know what are the commands I have to use & how to save a "OpenSuse Terminal text editor" once we have updated the file.

penguiniator · 03-26-2010, 01:12 PM

You may want to rephrase your question. What do you mean by "OpenSuse Terminal text editor"? What file? Commands to do what?

myubuntu · 03-26-2010, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by penguiniator

You may want to rephrase your question. What do you mean by "OpenSuse Terminal text editor"? What file? Commands to do what?

For example....I am trying to edit sshd_config in opensuse, I am trying to do as username@ubuntu$:etc/ssh/ vi sshd_config.....I did all the config changes, I couldnt save & close......any solutions please let me know.

Larry Webb · 03-27-2010, 03:55 AM

I would suggest that you use kwrite instead of vi. But if you want to learn and use vi check out these sites.

i92guboj · 03-27-2010, 05:28 AM

vim (or any of its many clones for that matter) is not a trivial thing to learn and use, and the original poster seems to be lost enough already.

I suggest using either a GUI based simple editor, like gedit or kwrite, maybe leafpad or mousepad even. Else, if you really need to use a text mode editor, use something simpler like nano or mcedit. Those editors are simple enough to use if you follow the instructions you can read on the screen.

Krane · 03-27-2010, 06:11 AM

If the file you want to edit is in /etc/SSH/ you may need to be root to save any changes to the file.

Try opening a terminal and typing:

Code:

su
Password: (enter root password here)
nano /path/to/file/

Then use ctrl+x to save (write out) changes.

myubuntu · 03-27-2010, 11:38 PM

Hey Guys thanks for your feed back.I can nano the file. I didnt install the "nano", I installed & its working now.....

Larry Webb · 03-28-2010, 07:08 AM

If you did a default kde desktop, kwrite is the default editor with the installation. If you like nano there is nothing wrong there either.

myubuntu · 04-02-2010, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Larry Webb

If you did a default kde desktop, kwrite is the default editor with the installation. If you like nano there is nothing wrong there either.

thanks for your input