Thread: Ultimate linux CLI noob question: "How to create a plain text file within xterm?"
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2008-09-10 , 21:38
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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
I think it might be worth mentioning here that, unless you've installed a bash interpreter on your tablet, you normally end up running busybox--which doesn't run .profile in your home directory. If you create one and attempt to use it, it will be ignored.
Well I overwrote my .profile (instead of appending as I should have done) and now I get an error when opening xTerm which stems from the statement that is in .profile. So I'm pretty sure at least xTerm is looking at it. But my knowledge is limited so I may have misunderstood your comment.

I was trying to add a folder called Scripts so that I could keep all home writtem scripts in one location. I used > instead of >> duh!
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