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nwtotech 07-27-2015 09:22 AM
Need help with this question
 
Go to this existing directory "/var/log", create a log file called "texas.log". Make the following entries in the file and save it:
Dallas
Austin
Houstin

can some one help with this question.

schneidz 07-27-2015 09:36 AM
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nwtotech 07-27-2015 09:45 AM
Thanks , the question is in existing directory " /var/log " create a log file call texas.log include the following entries in the file, dallas,austin,houstin and safe it .how do i go about the commands to this , creating the file ,and making the entries in the file and safe it.

schneidz 07-27-2015 09:48 AM
i would run:
Code:
vi /var/log/texas.log
type in the lines i want. then save it.

rokytnji 07-27-2015 10:06 AM
might need to be root or sudo in terminal to write to var maybe?

Code:
harry@biker1:~$ cat /var/log/texas.log
Pecos
Balmorreh
Terlingua
Austin
Dallas
Houstin
Luckenbach
Uvalde
Presidio
Ft Hancock
Esperanza
##more to come at a location near you##
harry@biker1:~$

jdkaye 07-27-2015 10:42 AM
Is this homework by any chance? Can you tell us what you have tried so far and where you got stuck.
jdk

fatmac 07-27-2015 01:04 PM
...or even
Code:
echo "Dallas\nAustin\nHoustin" >> texas.log

nwtotech 07-27-2015 01:25 PM
Thanks to you all, i think i got a lead.
i did ...
cd /var/log
ls
touch texas.log
ls
but where i got real lost is to make the entries dallas,austin ,houstin in the file created.
Thanks for the lead will try to do it again.

Habitual 07-27-2015 02:07 PM
Code:
vi /var/log/texas.log
do the needful and exit vi.
Do you know how to exit and save a file in vi?

suicidaleggroll 07-27-2015 02:52 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by nwtotech (Post 5396951)
Thanks to you all, i think i got a lead.
i did ...
cd /var/log
ls
touch texas.log
ls
but where i got real lost is to make the entries dallas,austin ,houstin in the file created.
Thanks for the lead will try to do it again.
It's a text file, so open it up in a text editor and add whatever you want. vi, pico, nano, gedit, kate...all are text editors, pick one, there are tons of choices.

This sounds like it's homework...


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