Re: Editing a file in linux

[R Bruce Hoffman <bruce.hoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Put the rseserver.jar on your linux partition/box and use WDSCi to edit 
the files. Install instructions are included with WDSCi, search on the 
jar name. The hardest part will be locating the jar in IBM's jumble of 
directories.

as for edit, dunno, edit returns not found on my RedHat and Fedora 
installs, and Ubuntu seems to just do nothing.

Simpler is a matter of taste, and it depends... on ALL *nix variants, 
there is vi. If you spend any time administering these systems, you 
would do well to learn it. O'Reilly's Learning vi is probably one of the 
best sources and you will see/find copies of the reference card from the 
book laying about on any good Linux admin's desk. (I think you might 
still be able to download it.)

If you decide to learn vi... practice on a file you no longer care 
about... really.

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I have a simple text configuration file that I have to edit in linux. 
> Thought I'd take a WAG and try
> edit myfile
> Well I'm editing the file, but I'm making a mess.  Can't figure out how to 
> delete a blank line I inserted and I can't figure out how to get out of 
> this editor.
>
> 1 - How do I get out of this editor?
> 2 - Is there a different, but simple, editor I should be using for simple 
> few liner configuration files?
>
> This is on a linux lpar so that probably counts as midrange related, eh?
>
> Rob Berendt
>