Editing Text - Revision history

Mcefan at 04:39, 9 October 2012

2012-10-09T04:39:44Z

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Langstonius at 02:58, 21 June 2008

2008-06-21T02:58:46Z

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Rwilson131 at 18:55, 24 February 2008

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	== The [[vim]]-way ==		== The [[vim]]-way ==
	<pre>vim /path/to/file</pre>		<pre>vim /path/to/file</pre>

Chewi: /* The cat-way */

2007-09-27T12:22:25Z

The cat-way

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	Content of the		Content of the
	file with linefeeds.		file with linefeeds.
	EOF<pre>		EOF</pre>
	Writes everything betwen the cat and the EOF to the given file.		Writes everything betwen the cat and the EOF to the given file.

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	EOF</pre>		EOF</pre>
	Appends everything betwen the cat and the EOF to the given file without overwriting it.		Appends everything betwen the cat and the EOF to the given file without overwriting it.



	== The echo-way ==		== The echo-way ==

Chewi: /* The echo-way */

2007-09-27T12:22:09Z

The echo-way

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	== The echo-way ==		== The echo-way ==
	<pre>echo "contents" > /path/to/file<pre>		<pre>echo "contents" > /path/to/file</pre>
	Writes everything betwen " " to the given file (no linefeeds possible).		Writes everything betwen " " to the given file (no linefeeds possible).

	Attention: The file is being overwritten.		Attention: The file is being overwritten.

	<pre>echo "contents >> /path/to/file<pre>		<pre>echo "contents >> /path/to/file</pre>
	Appends everything betwen " " to the given file without overwriting it.		Appends everything betwen " " to the given file without overwriting it.

Chewi: /* The cat-way */

2007-09-27T12:21:44Z

The cat-way

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	Content of the		Content of the
	file with linefeeds.		file with linefeeds.
	EOF<pre>		EOF</pre>
	Appends everything betwen the cat and the EOF to the given file without overwriting it.		Appends everything betwen the cat and the EOF to the given file without overwriting it.

Chewi: Tips&Tricks to edit text

2007-09-27T12:21:22Z

Tips&Tricks to edit text

New page

== The [[vim]]-way ==
<pre>vim /path/to/file</pre>

Make the changes with [[vim]]:
i: insert mode
:w! write file
:x! exit vim and save
:q! exit vim without saving

== The nano-way ==
<pre>nano /path/to/file</pre> or
<pre>nano -w /path/to/file</pre> (this will disable automated line-breakes)

Make the changes with nano:

CTRL+O: Write file

CTRL+X: Exit the program (you will be asked if you want to save changes)

CTRL+W: Search for a string

== The cat-way ==
<pre>cat > /path/to/file << "EOF"
Content of the
file with linefeeds.
EOF<pre>
Writes everything betwen the cat and the EOF to the given file.

Attention: The file is being overwritten.

<pre>cat >> /path/to/file << "EOF"
Content of the
file with linefeeds.
EOF<pre>
Appends everything betwen the cat and the EOF to the given file without overwriting it.

== The echo-way ==
<pre>echo "contents" > /path/to/file<pre>
Writes everything betwen " " to the given file (no linefeeds possible).

Attention: The file is being overwritten.

<pre>echo "contents >> /path/to/file<pre>
Appends everything betwen " " to the given file without overwriting it.

== The perl-way ==
<pre>perl -e 'print "Content of the\nfile with linefeeds"' > /path/to/file</pre>
Writes everything betwen " " to the given file (\n represents linefeeds).

Attention: The file is being overwritten.

<pre>perl -e 'print "Content of the\nfile with linefeeds"' >> /path/to/file</pre>
Appends everything betwen " " to the given file without overwriting it (\n represents linefeeds).