What utilities are available in Linux to edit files?

Answer 1

There are many different utilities - everything from vi, vim, nano, pico, emacs, etc. Each can be different depending on the power of what they do to the ease of use (beginners vs power users).

Answer 2

Enter the command

apropos edit

I don't think this will give you what you want...

I believe this is the answer:

You have to use the 'which or whereis' utility. Which locates utilities by displaying the full pathname of the file for the utility. The whereis utility searches for files related to a utility looking in a standard location instead of using your search path.

Which looks through the directories in the search path in order and locates the utility, however if you have more than one with the specified name, this command only displays the first.

Whereis looks through a list of standard directories and works independently of the search path you requested. Use whereis to locate a binary (executable) file, any manual pages and source code for a program you specify.

Whereis displays all the files it finds.

Answer 3

It is pretty certain that the world's greatest editor, "vi" (or "vim") will always be available on every Linux distro. There may be other editors as well, including open source graphical editors such as "nedit". Of course, not many editors can hold a candle to 'vi' though. vi rocks.

Answer 4

no