This section covers opening vi; moving the cursor around; jumping to the start or end of a word, line, paragraph, and file; and searching for text patterns. The <Return> key feature… See more

Here, we cover Insert mode, the deletion, modification, and repetition of text, and undoing and redoing actions. Insert mode is where you edit the text contents of a file. Once in Ins… See more

The Visual mode in vi is for highlighting and selecting text. In this special mode, you can be precise in actions such as cutting, copying, pasting, making … See more

Command mode is the default mode you see when you enter vi. This section covers saving files, quitting the vi editor, showing and hiding line numbers, and running shell commands … See more

This part will cover regular expressions, customization of the vi interface, macros, and splitting the vi editor into multiple windows/screens. The vi editor admits regular exp… See more