What can I do with a file?

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What can I do with a file?

Many different operations are possible on files. In the course of writing a Java program, you will likely want to

[bbadger@demo01] (1)$ emacs Prog1.java edit the program text

[bbadger@demo01] (1)$ javac Prog1.java compile the program

[bbadger@demo01] (1)$ java Prog1 and execute it

[bbadger@demo01] (1)$ lpr Prog1.java print the program

[bbadger@demo01] (1)$ rm output.data remove the output file

Michelle Craft 2008-01-23

`[bbadger@demo01] (1)$` `emacs Prog1.java`	edit the program text
`[bbadger@demo01] (1)$` `javac Prog1.java`	compile the program
`[bbadger@demo01] (1)$` `java Prog1`	and execute it
`[bbadger@demo01] (1)$` `lpr Prog1.java`	print the program
`[bbadger@demo01] (1)$` `rm output.data`	remove the output file