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Text Editors on Webserve

If you are comfortable with a Unix text editor, you may decide to edit your files directly on the web server rather than editing them on your workstation and uploading them to the server. The following text editors are available on Webserve:

  • nano
  • vi
  • vim
  • emacs

To edit a file using one of these editors:

  1. SSH to webserve.iu.edu
  2. Use your account's name and passphrase to log in.
  3. Move to your www directory by typing cd www at the Unix prompt.
  4. To list the files in your www directory, type ls at the Unix prompt.
  5. To edit a file, type the name of the editor you wish to use, followed by the file you wish to edit. For example, to edit a file named 'index.html' using the nano editor you would type: 

    nano index.html