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Re: Changing date format in filenames in Linux

Mike, Yes, you are right - I am confusing both of us.  So one step at a time.  I have just opened .profile into gedit by simply double-clicking on it in the file manager.  This means that the file is not write protected in my Ubuntu.&nbs...
Mike,
Yes, you are right - I am confusing both of us.  So one step at a time. 
I have just opened .profile into gedit by simply double-clicking on it in the file manager.  This means that the file is not write protected in my Ubuntu.  I believe you are using MX so things might be different, but the error you received is weird. 

In a terminal enter
ls -l .profileIf there is an "w" amongst the first few lett...