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Apr 30, 2003, 07:57 PM
 
I need to know basic terminal commands, in order to edit a .CFG file. I especially need the command to change directories, and the edit one, which I think is "pico".
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Apr 30, 2003, 08:12 PM
 
Or you could just use TextEdit, which is much easier if you're not familiar with the terminal.

TextEdit it in /Applications/TextEdit

However, if you really think you need to do it all on the command line, here's some basic commands:

cd
(change directory. Eg, cd ~/Documents/blahblah)

ls
(list contents of directory)

pico
(or vi)
(these are text editors, and neither are particularly easy to use, if not familiar with command line utilities, eg, pico myfile)
     
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