Thread: Ultimate linux CLI noob question: "How to create a plain text file within xterm?"
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2008-09-10 , 22:07
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Originally Posted by bongo View Post
if you are unsure about using the command line maybe a filemanager like mc can help you. You can copy, edit, extract files in a very simple way. Just 'apt-get install mc' if you are using debian, ubuntu or your nit to install mc. Then you can start it with mc or mcedit (just the editor).
That would be great except they were pointing out that they can't even get a CLI going with xterm.. mc won't be available since the CLI won't kick in due to the error in the .profile. It'll be necessary, now, to log in as the root to fix the user's .profile.