How to EDIT a Text File from USB on a Mac Using Terminal Commands - Basic Tutorial

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00:00Computer Science videos here today to show you guys in this tutorial how to

00:05edit a text file on a USB on a Mac computer on terminal using terminal

00:11commands without further ado let us start the video. So in this tutorial you

00:16need to have access to a Mac computer a text file stored on a USB and then

00:21access that on terminal using terminal commands to edit the text file so we can

00:28now start the tutorial let's now insert the USB flash drive into the Mac

00:32computer if you are using USB type-c you will need an adapter that's in let's

00:41open up the Kingston USB just to make sure the file that we are looking to

00:46work with is in the folder itself and yes it is work.txt let's now go all the

00:52way down to the dock go to launchpad search for the command prompt terminal

00:56open that up click on enter increase the size of the terminal window also

01:03increase the text size on screen command plus a couple of times so let's now

01:09clear all the contents on screen and now work our way towards the Kingston USB

01:16the text file that's stored in there so CD desktop CD volume Kingston semicolon

01:34LS minus L to list all the contents within the Kingston USB flash drive and

01:43now to view the contents as we did in the previous tutorial it's the same

01:49command as cat w tab enter and that's what we are working with so to now edit

01:59the content within that text file let's just add the command nano w tab enter and

02:11there we have the text file ready to be edited within the terminal ideally we

02:17could have opened up the USB click on the text file open that up in text

02:24editor but what we are doing now is complex and very professional so back to

02:36the tutorial dash how to become a YouTube partner to now save this let's

02:54just exit ctrl X Y enter let's now cat on screen again

03:06wait for that to load and there we go the edit has now been added to the text

03:17file itself so we can now clear everything on screen change directory LS

03:25minus L so we are back where we started clear everything on screen that's now

03:31quit terminal right-click the Kingston USB and eject Kingston wait for that to

03:42load this has now been ejected so that's over this video I'll see you guys in my

03:53tutorial thanks for now thank you for making it towards the end of the video

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