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Revision as of 11:49, 12 February 2010
Description
The vi (visual) utility is a powerful text file editor that can be accessed from the command line terminal. It is installed to the device by default.
Packages
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Usage Examples
Open up a file for viewing and editing:
# vi myfile.txt
Exit from vi: type ESC:q!, that's ESC, colon, q and an exclamation mark.
Edit the opened file: press 'i'. In this mode you are able to make changes to the file.
To save changes type: ESC:w, that's ESC, colon, w.
To save changes and quit: ESC:wq
Links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi
