What type of problem you have encountered with 'vi' ?
The main problem i'm having with vi is, that i understand how to open a file on specific line, the thing I don't get is how to save the changes. For example, I've been trying to do something like this.
As I said, it only opened editor in Insert mode.
It's probably silly me
I've tried to use sed, and it helped, although that was the code I've found on Internet, but I don't understand completely the meaning of criterias yet.
p.s. I've managed to solve the given example using temp file, which is being an absolutely time and space consuming solution....
Hello everybody,
My question is: how to add /tmp/work at the end of line in vi editor.
my file looks like:
cp file1
cp file2
cp file3
****
I need to add " /tmp/work" at the end of each line.
I tried this
:%s/$/" /tmp/work"
and this
:%s/$/\ /tmp/work\/
but it does not work. (2 Replies)
Hi,
how can I add at the begining and at the end of all of the lines of my text file in VI editor ? Many thanks before.
for exemple if in my file i have
line 1
line 2
I want to have :
start line 1 end
start line 2 end (3 Replies)
I am new in hp ux and I want work with vi editor, but in hp ux vi editor the backspaes and del keys doesn't work.
how can I enable them.
thanks (3 Replies)
Hi,
I knw its a silly question, but am a newbie to 'vi' editor. I'm forced to use this, hence kindly help me with this question.
How can i paste a chunk 'copied from' a different editor(gedit) in 'vi editor'?
As i see, p & P options does work only within 'vi'. (10 Replies)
Hi All,
I am running a script , working very fine on cmd prompt. The problem is that when I open do crontab -e even after setting editor to vi by
set EDITOR=vi it does not open a vi editor , rather it do as below.....
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////
$ set... (6 Replies)
Hello All,
Need one Help for one issue.
I am using a French Keyboard, so @ sign is on key 0 and i have to use right Alt + 0 to print it.
It is working everywhere but not inside Vi editor. I can type @ in shell, in notepad. But inside Vi editor it is not working, another problem is that if... (2 Replies)
I was looking through the topics and I wasn't sure if this was the best place to post this question:
I was wondering, out of curiosity, which software everyone was using to code their scripts in. I do mostly sh/ksh and my favorite has always been EditPlus because it is small, fast, yet powerful.... (409 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT BSD
vi
VI(1) General Commands Manual VI(1)NAME
vi - screen oriented (visual) display editor based on ex
SYNOPSIS
vi [ -t tag ] [ -r ] [ +command ] [ -l ] [ -wn ] name ...
DESCRIPTION
Vi (visual) is a display oriented text editor based on ex(1). Ex and vi run the same code; it is possible to get to the command mode of ex
from within vi and vice-versa.
The Vi Quick Reference card and the Introduction to Display Editing with Vi provide full details on using vi.
FILES
See ex(1).
SEE ALSO
ex (1), edit (1), ``Vi Quick Reference'' card, ``An Introduction to Display Editing with Vi''.
AUTHOR
William Joy
Mark Horton added macros to visual mode and is maintaining version 3
BUGS
Software tabs using ^T work only immediately after the autoindent.
Left and right shifts on intelligent terminals don't make use of insert and delete character operations in the terminal.
The wrapmargin option can be fooled since it looks at output columns when blanks are typed. If a long word passes through the margin and
onto the next line without a break, then the line won't be broken.
Insert/delete within a line can be slow if tabs are present on intelligent terminals, since the terminals need help in doing this cor-
rectly.
Saving text on deletes in the named buffers is somewhat inefficient.
The source command does not work when executed as :source; there is no way to use the :append, :change, and :insert commands, since it is
not possible to give more than one line of input to a : escape. To use these on a :global you must Q to ex command mode, execute them, and
then reenter the screen editor with vi or open.
3rd Berkeley Distribution April 29, 1985 VI(1)