Hello better people,

I am having rather annoying issue with my Xubuntu OS:
Once upon time, and while adding an alias to the bottom of my .bashrc file, [I] was forced to terminate "nano" program abnormally via Xubuntu's default terminal (because it froze). then and upon editing the same file again with same editor, nano, to see if any issue appears - an issue did appear........

"File .bashrc is being edited (by Salam with nano 2.9.3, PID 6352); continue?"
below those words, however, three options were visibly/visually available: Yes , No , Cancel. "NO" was my option followed by "Ctrl + X" to exit the nano program.

So I went ahead and executed "htop" command to kill process 6352 - only to discover the PID in question does not exist. normally, closing all programs and reboot the OS should fix the issue. however, that did not fix the issue. so, I tried to shutdown the OS altogether; nothing good came from that.

Since My English is not best allow Me, please, to summarize:
nano program works fine, but NOT with .bashrc file in particular. rebooted and even powered off the computer; no change. same issue still exist.

Kindly: help Me. I will GREATLY appropriate it.


Your Chattel,
Salam M. Ahmed.


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Unnecessary Clarification:
By " terminate "nano" program abnormally " I mean kill it with: kill -9 command.

Welcome to LQ!

Nano supports Vim style file locking, so it has probably created a lock file which is why it is persistent after a reboot.

Vim names these files, also called recovery files, same as the file being edited with a ".swp" suffix and places them in the same location as the edited file.

So look in your home directory for a file named similar to .bashrc but with a .swp suffix, like .bashrc.swp, and simply delete it. You should then be able to edit your .bashrc normally.

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I am EXTREMELY thankful Man! Your suggestion worked just fine. It was a .bashrc.swp file at home directory which/that was causing the issue. once again: I am SUPER thankful to You. May God bless you and your family. The reason why I am REALLY happy is because I was planning to re-install my Xubuntu 18.04.5 because of this issue but all thanks to you, Excellent Man, I will not.

"Excellent Life" shall always be uttered any time I am grateful. Good Bye.

You are welcome!

May peace and truth keep us all!