© The Author(s), under exclusive license to APress Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2023
D. BothUsing and Administering Linux: Volume 1https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9618-9_10

10. Text Editors

David Both1  
(1)
Raleigh, NC, USA
 

Objectives

In this chapter you will learn

  • Why text editors are needed

  • About several text editors, some intended for use in a terminal session and others for the GUI desktop

  • How to use the nano text editor

  • How to use the vim text editor

  • Why you should use the text editor of your choice

Why We Need Text Editors

Before there were word processing programs, there were text editors. The initial use for early text editors was for the creation and maintenance of text files such as shell scripts, programs written in ...

Get Using and Administering Linux: Volume 1: Zero to SysAdmin: Getting Started now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.

Start your free trial