In Enterprise Linux, editing text files is a critical skill for developers, system administrators, basically anyone who is using the command line. There are a few options available:

1. Nano

   • A very beginner friendly editor to get basic tasks done quickly.
   • Lacks some of the power of other options.
   • Is generally frowned upon by the system administrator community - users are often seen as “newbies”.
   • Installed by default on all Linux distributions.

2. Vi / Vim

   • The industry standard for file editing on a enterprise Linux system.
   • Most distributions have aliased vi to the vim program.
   • Some older versions of enterprise UNIX still use vi.
   • vi or vim is installed on all Linux distributions.

3. Emacs

   • Another useful tool, but much less commonly used in Enterprise Linux.
   • More useful for developers than system administrators.
   • Learning curve is steep for Emacs, but it does have excellent documentation.
   • Emacs is usually not installed by default on Enterprise-grade Linux systems.