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THE vi EDITOR
Chapter Objectives
- Different modes of the vi editor and moving between these modes
- Invoking and quitting the vi editor
- Moving the cursor in a required manner
- Text insertion, replacement and substitution
- Searching and replacing words or patterns
- Repeating and undoing a previous command
- Using the shell from vi
- Writing selected lines on to a separate file
- Customizing the editing environment
Anyonewho uses a computer writes programs using any one computer language. The user would at least prepare a text file using the wordprocessing facility in the form of a letter either to send it by post or in the form of an e-mail. In all these circumstances the users, type in the program or the letter prepared by them. Most of the time ...
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