Most people who are getting started with Linux or UNIX today already know how to use graphical WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editors, with heavy use of the mouse, icons and pull-down menus.

I want to know how to change the following thats in my interfaces file:-<BR><BR>iface wlan0 inet static <BR>address 192.168.0.10 <BR>netmask 255.255.255.0<BR>broadcast 192.168.0.0 <BR>gateway ...

Modern shells support command-line editing for efficient recall and correction of commands. Command-line editing is more efficient than using the shell's history mechanism. Shells like KornShell, Bash ...