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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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vi editor (continued)
configuration, 735–738
example .exrc file, 738
~/.exrc file, 721
:set command, 735–738
ex commands in, 739
ex editor, 721
insert mode, 724
metacharacters in replacement
patterns, 701
modes, 721
operating modes, 721
overview, 720
pattern-matching
metacharacters, 700
vidmode command, 498
view command (ex), 751
vile text editor, 720
vim, 6
vim command, 498
vim editor, 721
visual mode, 725
(see also vi editor)
virtual consoles
number of, determining, 154
virtual memory statistics, displaying
(vmstat), 498–500
virtual terminal N, switching to, 90
virtual terminals
deallocating and destroying, 112
LED flag settings, 417
Meta-key handling, 418
openvt command, 342
visual command (ex), 751
VISUAL internal variable (cvs), 812
visual mode (vim), 725
vmstat command, 498–500
volname command, 500
vsplit command (ex), 751
VT (see virtual terminals)
W
W command (sed), 768
w command (sed), 768
w command, 501
\W, matching any non-word
character, 699
\w, matching any word character, 699
wait command, 649
bash and ksh, 695
lftp, 248
wall command, 501
ex editor, 751
warnquota command, 501
watch command, 502
CVS, 837
watchers command (CVS), 838
WAV format, converting CDDA
to, 70–73
wc command, 502
whatis command, 509
whatis database, searching with
apropos, 45
When, 705
whence command (ksh), 695
whereis command, 509
which ...
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