vi: the “visual editor”, standard Linux and Unix editor vim: the “vi improved” standard Red Hat editor On Red hat operating systems, the vi command invokes vim Derived from earlier Unix editors ed->ex->vi->vim To start vim : vi filename If the file exists, the file is opened and the content are displayed If the file doesn’t exists, vi create it when the edits are saved for the first time Command mode Cursor movement Change, delete, yank, put Insert mode Type in new text Return to command mode with <ESC> Ex mode Configuring, exiting, saving Search and replace //TODO complete |