Hi guys, I hope this isn't a stupid question, but is it possible to view a .txt file which is saved on to the LEDE router?
Any help would be much appreciated,
Thank you in advance
Any of the "standard" command-line tools, such as
cat
vi
less
or if you want to get fancier, install nano or the "real" less with opkg
If you are a Windows user, WinSCP is a good tool to have...
https://winscp.net/eng/download.php
You can use Notepad to view text files.
Thanks guys, I actually tried vi and cat.
I reckon I mustn't be writing to the text file properly because it's just blank when I open it that's why I was questioning if I was opening it correctly.
Thanks again
Does ls -l show the file size is not zero?
It's just blank(no file size displayed) so I am DEFINITELY not writing to the text file correctly. Thanks
How are you writing to the text file?
The problem was the way I was parsing using awk. All sorted now thank you all for the help
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You can even view binary, hexdump -C filename 
yeah i prefer nano over vi, vi is a little more complicated with editing text files. where as nano you can just make a change then control x, y, then enter.
Nano seems better because most people are capable of saving the content without reading manual 
But once I learned vi I got used to it, because it is always installed
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Thats why you compile your own firmware and edit your configuration to include nano rather than vi 
...and fail to build bin because it is too big 
...then you go for extroot 