How to Enable Syntax Highlighting in Vi/Vim Editor
One of the easiest ways to boost the readability and context of the text in a configuration file or your source code for various programing languages, is by using a text editor that supports...
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How to Exit a File in Vi / Vim Editor in Linux
In this article, we will learn how to exit Vi/Vim (after referred to as Vim) text editor using simple commands. In a previous article, we explained a simple tip on how to save a...
10 Reasons Why You Should Use Vi/Vim Text Editor in Linux
While working with Linux systems, there are several areas where you’ll need to use a text editor including programming/scripting, editing configuration/text files, to mention but a few. There are several remarkable text editors you’ll...
8 Interesting ‘Vi/Vim’ Editor Tips and Tricks for Every Linux Administrator – Part 2
In the previous article of this series we reviewed 7 tips and tricks to add to your vi/m skills set. Besides the reasons given previously, learning how to use effectively a text editor in...
Learn Useful ‘Vi/Vim’ Editor Tips and Tricks to Enhance Your Skills – Part 1
The need to learn how to use text editors in Linux is indisputable. Every system administrator and engineer deal with configuration (plain text) files on a daily basis, and most times this is done...
RHCSA Series: Editing Text Files with Nano and Vim / Analyzing text with grep and regexps – Part 4
Every system administrator has to deal with text files as part of his daily responsibilities. That includes editing existing files (most likely configuration files), or creating new ones. It has been said that if...
