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The vi editor (pronounced "vee eye") is available on all UNIX systems: other editors are not. Being able to use vi ensures that you will always have an editor available to you.

Contents:

• Starting vi and Opening Files
• Text Buffer
• Insert Mode
• Command Mode
• Changing Text Around
  • Repeat parts of the text
  • Insert the contents of another file
  • Cut and paste text
• Moving text around
  • Move the cursor along a line
  • Move the cursor between lines
  • Move between text blocks
  • Move over the file
  • Moving around the screen
  • Deleting text
  • Undeleting text
  • Searching for text
  • Replacing text
  • Customizing vi
• Saving files and exiting vi
  • Quit vi
  • Saving changes
  • Without saving changes
  • Saving to another file
• Viewing a file
• UNIX shell commands
• Recovering a file after a system crash