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Editing with Nano

rated 0 times [ 1] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1498 / 2 Years ago, thu, december 23, 2021, 2:22:56

Is it possible to edit an existing text file using only one line of command and Nano. For instance if I have a text file called "new.txt" and I want to write "HELLO WORLD" in it. Can I do like this:

nano new.txt "something that will make it to write in that file "HELLO WORLD"

That is, can I write in a file using Nano without explicitly opening it in Nano. Yet only add something after the command nano (like -w for write) and the file name in the terminal.

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answered 2 Years ago truwom · Accepted Answer

Just use >> in your shell. This is a way of output redirection that will append to a file. In order to create the output, use the simple echo. E.g.

echo "Hello world." >> /path/to/file.txt

Alternatively, to create a new file (or to overwrite an existing one), use a single >, e.g.:

echo "Hello world." > /path/to/new/file.txt

One can use any command that create output to redirect it to a file like this. echo is just an example that outputs the argument(s) to stdout.