how do u open a plain text document in LINUX????

Question

tried look up in the webs already but i can't really fine it. i tried use r and r+ but i guess it's the way i typed the command that's wrong.how do i type the command?

Answer 1

Open for read? or open for edit?

If the file is named asdf.txt then these will let you read it
cat asdf.txt
more asdf.txt
less asdf.txt

And these commands might work for editing it
nano asdf.txt
pico asdf.txt
emacs asdf.txt
vi asdf.txt

I would try all of those in that order. If you are in a gui environment like gnome, kde, xwindows, then you need to let us know which one you are using.

Answer 2

use #vi when u want to close then
Esc
:
q!
to exit
or just #type