Gedit problem cpp file is not created

Question

When i open terminal I type Mkdir name of folder Cd name of folder When I write gedit x.cpp the cpp file is not created and the file doesn't open to write the code Any ideas why this happens? I even added quotations after gedit but still The cpp file was not created.

Answer 1

Are You sure you have permissions to create files in this directory? Maybe Gedit is not working correctly, try reinstalling it using sudo apt-get purge gedit and sudo apt-get install gedit. I have no other ideas.