Unix and Linux: Visual QuickStart Guide, Fourth Edition

Chapter 4. Creating and Editing Files

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• Choosing an editor

• Starting pico and dabbling with it

• Saving in pico

• Cutting and pasting text blocks in pico

• Checking spelling in pico

• Getting help in pico

• Exiting pico

• Starting vi and dabbling with it

• Saving in vi

• Adding and deleting text in vi

• Importing files into vi

• Searching for and replacing text in vi

• Exiting vi

• Starting emacs and dabbling with it

• Using emacs menus to spell-check

• Saving in emacs

• Exiting emacs

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Creating and editing files are likely the most common tasks you’ll perform in Unix. If you’re programming, developing Web pages, sending email (uh-huh, really), or just writing a letter, you’ll spend a lot of time in an editor.

In this chapter, we’ll introduce you ...