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Old 03-28-2008, 10:36 AM
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I gone through several basic Linux commands and i starts to next level of shell scripting there they accentuates editor like vi or mcedit and i hadn't learn the commands so please any body help me
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Hi here is some comman comands when using Vi text editor:
if you have to edit a file like ram.sh you put this command
$ vi ram.sh
now u can edit the file ...
if you want to creat a new file with vi in this case the file name is ram follow the steps i writing here:
$ vi ram
now it open text editor to insert the text esc+i
to save the text esc + : + w
to quit from text editor esc + : + q
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Old 04-09-2008, 02:36 PM
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Hey install the vim rpm and just run the "vimtutor" to get the knowledge of how to use the vi editor.
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