OSU Computational Physics - Unix: The View Command

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7: Editing Files

6: Viewing Files

6.B: The tail Command

§ 6.C: The View Command

The view command is a read-only version of the vi editor (we'll get to vi soon). The view command is comforting, it allows you to look at a file without the chance of messing it up. Try:

> view ~/README.first

Unix should respond by printing the file on the screen. To move through the file, use some of the standard vi commands:

`[return]` key	scroll down one line at a time
`^f` (ctrl + f)	move forward one page
`^b`	move back one page
`:q`	quit `view`
More commands	same as vi

Now that you know how to view files, it's time to learn how to edit them.

7: Editing Files 6: Viewing Files 6.B: The tail Command

Comments and questions to CP-unix@physics.orst.edu.