From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 9 01:15:27 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 478BA1065673 for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 01:15:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 171898FC0A for ; Mon, 9 May 2011 01:15:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 995CE4F6 for ; Sun, 8 May 2011 21:15:25 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 08 May 2011 21:15:25 -0400 From: Daniel Staal To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <66A7CA191AE25C235DE51825@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <20110509004555.GG3538@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> References: <20110509004555.GG3538@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: Newbie Needing Help X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 May 2011 01:15:27 -0000 --As of May 8, 2011 5:45:55 PM -0700, Chip Camden is alleged to have said: > For viewing or editing a file, what you want is a text editor. I use > vim, but it really isn't designed for beginners. Whatever editor you > decide to use, I would advise reading up on it before jumping into text > files. --As for the rest, it is mine. If you are just viewing, I'd use a pager instead. 'less' is my go-to choice, and is fairly intuitive. Note that you cannot *edit* the file in less. You'd have to go to vim or something else to do that. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------