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pevey

They are both wrong. Pico/nano.

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No, ed. The standard editor.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_(text_editor)

joke was the default error message in ed is `?`

Ah! My lack of beard is showing! Oh noes :))) Thanks for the explanation!

Wtf, just punch holes in the cards like the rest of us, billy!

This human gets it

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Not that I actually use it for anything substantial, I just prefer it over vi for quick edits

I use nano exclusively for my live server code edits.

haha the estranged faces I get when I fire up nano on a remote server. For crying out loud people... I'm going to comment a single line; stop vanitizing your hotfix routine by enforcing some self-made requirement of only using one single editor

Nano is nearly ubiquitous making it great for these small edits, and it was easy to pick up as it has the common key combos listed at the bottom of the screen. When I was learning Linux this made things smoother than they could have been with other CLI editors. Vi took me a while to get used to and I had to look up commands, but I still install nano when I need it.

I get lost when working on centos.

-bash: nano: command not found

-bash: apt: command not found

~OS swap was highly effective, sysadmin is confused~

(Yes this is a joke)

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