September 2004
Intermediate to advanced
640 pages
12h 53m
English
book
LPIC I Exam Cram™ 2: Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams 101 and 102
by Ross Brunson
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Chapter 3. Basic vi Skills
Terms you’ll need to understand:
✓ | Command mode |
✓ | Insert mode |
✓ | LastLine mode |
✓ | Message line |
✓ | Named buffers |
✓ | The Unnamed buffer |
Techniques you’ll need to master:
✓ | Opening a file for editing |
✓ | Saving and exiting files |
✓ | Searching for text, including ranges and regular expressions |
✓ | Navigating within a file, including using the H, J, K, and L keys |
✓ | Searching and replacing text using different methods |
✓ | Setting, unsetting, and displaying options for vi |
✓ | Executing commands within vi |
✓ | Performing advanced editing functions |
Editors
The LPI exams focus on vi as the default editor for Linux. No matter how much you think emacs rocks, or that pico/nano is much easier to use with the onscreen menus, it’s essential that you have basic vi skills.
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