This demonstration performed on an S3 Arm Chromebook using Chrome OS Version 23.0.1271.84 Platform 2913.168.0 / stable Firmware Google_Snow.2695.104.0 Date: 20121123 Environmental requirements: You need to be in dev-mode using crosh (Type Control+Alt+T) then type shell (if you aren't using dev-mode you are in normal mode where the 'shell' command is not available) Disclaimer: Be sure to save your files as this is an unofficial workaround.  2. Locate the file file in ~/GCache/v1/persistent, display original using cat  3. Open persistent file using vim  4. Modify file using vim, and save  5. Display modified file using cat  6. Copy using Google Drive GUI to ~/Downloads and display again using cat to validate modifications  Israel Torres 2012-11-23 -- thanks to bodangren2 for mentioning further clarification on step 6 |