'Open .bash_profile' conflict on Ubuntu

Question

I want to edit .bash_profile on my Ubuntu system. When I try to run the command, it gives this message:

Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console

Please help me get around this problem and edit the file.

Answer 1

open(1) is a symlink to openvt(1), for which the description is "start a program on a new virtual terminal". To do this, it needs access to the console device to open the virtual terminal. This is not likely the program you are looking for.

Debian systems have a generic edit command that you can use to edit a file. Otherwise, choose a specific editor you want to use and invoke that with .bash_profile.

Answer 2

You can do that in a very simple way: go to your home folder and go to view in the menu bar, check the show hidden files option and now you will be able to see the folders and files starting with a dot (.). Now find yourself a .bash_profile. If found , do your thing, and if not, well create one and then do your thing. I created me one but it was .bash_aliases (to store an alias for zend framework command line operation). It's simple.