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How to end a editor in termial

A ignorant question, suppose i type "fc 89" in a terminal, which will take me into a text editor, after i modify the command, how can i exit the editor and execute the command? Thanks for answering...

dspjm
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On my system, this opens the 'nano' editor. To close out of nano, press 'Ctrl-x'. If you changed your command, then hit 'y' and Enter to save the changes. Once you exit, the command will run.

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Thanks for your answer

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This question has already been solved

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