?invalid Command

[aflickeroflight]

I've been trying some alterations to some file tampering, and the truth is, I feel like I'm being laughed at by my own stupidity.

Truth is, I've never used Terminal before, but with it being accessed on occasion for certain short cuts ad edits I'm finding myself having to look into it more.

Truth is, I've been really to do this order of operation a buddy told me I needed to in order to run this program he lent me. So far, I can't even get passed the first code it is required to move further.

sudo /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts

Then following this

telnet> sudo open /Applications/TextEdit.app/Contents/MacOS/TextEdit /etc/hosts
?Invalid command
telnet> sudo nano /etc/hosts
?Invalid command
telnet> open -t /etc/hosts
-t: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
telnet> open -a /Applications/TextEdit.app /etc/hosts
Trying /Applications/TextEdit.app...
/Applications/TextEdit.app: Socket operation on non-socket
telnet> nano
?Invalid command


Any idea's? I have to figure this out. I'll be online all night.

 

[Nermal]

I have absolutely no idea how that first command dropped you into telnet. Type "q" to get out of telnet and back to the normal Terminal, then try the "sudo nano /etc/hosts" command.

 

[miles01110]

Or if you're actually trying to do things on a remote host, use ssh instead of telnet.

 

[aflickeroflight]

OMG. I just.....didn't see it. It worked. Thanks guys. It's just one of those days I guess.