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Can't manipulate files in ubuntu

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I have a Problem on my Ubuntu machine. When I try to open some file in an editor like nano, vi or sudo gedit, nothing shows up, but nano ~/.bashrc works fine without any problem.

I have two user accounts on my Ubuntu system, and it's the same problem with the other user account.

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answered 1 Year ago assionortly · Accepted Answer

You're trying to open the files with commands like this:

nano etc/apt/sources.list

nano conf/hadoop-env.sh

In the first, you forget to add the root folder! Just add a slash before the rest of the file path:

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

In the second, you need to add the Hadoop path:

nano $HADOOP_HOME/conf/hadoop-env.sh

Also, you'll probably need to open them as root user, so add sudo before all the command (just like with gedit!):

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

sudo nano $HADOOP_HOME/conf/hadoop-env.sh