| Linux / Unix Command: gedit |
NAME
gedit - simple text editor for GNOMEThe gedit application is a simple text editor. You can use gedit to create and edit text files. You can use gedit plugins to perform a variety of tasks related to text-editing from within the gedit window.
SYNTAX
gedit [--help] [--debug[-section]] [--new-window] [--new-document] [--quit] [filename(s)...]DESCRIPTION
gedit is a text editor for the GNOME Desktop.OPTIONS
- --help
- Prints the command line options.
- --debug[-section]
- Runs gedit in debug mode. In debug mode function names are dumped to the console when they are invoked. Specific sections for debugging are allowed. The sections are: window, commands, document, file, plugins, prefs, print, search, undo, view and recent. Run `gedit --help' for more information.
- --new-window
- Create a new toplevel window in an existing instance of gedit.
- --new-document
- Create a new document in an existing instance of gedit.
- --quit
- Quit an existing instance of gedit.
- filename(s)...
- Specifies the file to open when gedit starts - if this is not specified, gedit will load a blank file with an Untitled label. Multiple files can be loaded if they are separated by spaces. gedit also supports handling of remote files. For example, you can pass the location of a webpage to gedit, like "http://www.gnome.org", or load a file from a FTP server, like "ftp://ftp.gnome.org/robots.txt".
PIPES
Gedit accepts pipes, so it can be run after another command to load the output into gedit. For example :- ls -l | gedit
Important: Use the man command (% man) to see how a command is used on your particular computer.
