Text Editing with Unix

Text editing is a common thing to do in any environment. For instance, most websites and their associated web pages run on Unix or Linux web servers. This is a fact. That being said, think of what a website is comprised of. A website contains directories and files that create a website. This is what you would commonly access with a web browser. I am sure you already know this, but what you may not know is that those files saved in the HTML format are nothing more than files that you can edit. Once edited, those files will display whatever it is you desire to configure.

All of this can be done by default with any standard installation of Unix or Linux with either the vi editor or emacs. Create a document and save it with ...

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