
How do I open a text file in my terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
There is a file named RESULTS.txt and I want to open this file in my terminal. (I mean I want to see the file contents be displayed in the terminal and not in some text editor) How do I do that ?
How to open a text file from terminal? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
Jan 28, 2020 · I am new to linux and I have a quick question for opening text files using my terminal. I tried many times to open a text file using commands such as xdg-open <location> ./filename …
How to open text, video, or image files via terminal?
Nov 30, 2013 · I am new to Ubuntu and I would like to know how to open a simple text file or a video file or an image file via the terminal.
How can I open (launch) files using the terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
Nov 30, 2019 · 6 Objective: Open a text file and other types using the terminal. Let's suppose I have a file named myFile.txt and I want to launch this file (open it, not sure how I'm supposed to say it), how …
How can I display the contents of a text file on the command line?
Oct 11, 2016 · I would like to display the contents of a text file on the command line. The file only contains 5-6 characters. Is there an easy way to do this?
command line - Opening a file from terminal - Ask Ubuntu
Jun 19, 2013 · When we want to open an application or file from the terminal, we type, say, okular file.dvi This opens the application, but also shows the status of the application. We cannot close the terminal,
Open a text file and let it update itself - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
FYI, while tail is the tool for the job, literally open a text file and let it update itself can be achived with watch cat filename.
Open application to edit text files from the command line
When installing the TextWrangler in OSX you also get an edit command which allows you to open any text file from the command line. Is it possible to have a similar functionality in Ubuntu to type ...
Open a text file in a terminal and auto-refresh it whenever it is ...
How do I open a text file in a terminal with instant auto-refresh every time it is changed? I've looked at vim with :set autoread, but it requires some elementary input (such as a keypress inside vim) to …
How to open a file with "sudo"? - Ask Ubuntu
Apr 25, 2017 · 18 The answer you provided in the link wants you to open a file with root privileges, which can be achieved using these two commands sudo nano /path/to/your/file.foo in the command above …