1.5 Text Editors

Question 2

What is vim

Answer 2

Vim (vi improved), also referred to as vi, is a utility that creates and modifies text files. It is the standard command-line text editor included with Linux distributions.

Question 3

What are the different vim modes?

Answer 3

1. Command mode is the initial mode vim uses when started. It has commands that cut and replace text, and it is the mode vi uses to enter the other modes.
2. Command Line mode is the mode that works with the file system. Use it to save files after editing them.
3. Edit mode is the mode that vim uses to write and edit text in the file.

Question 4

What are the two operation modes of the vim edit mode?

Answer 4

1. Insert mode adds text between the preceding and subsequent text.
2. Replace mode overwrites subsequent text.

Question 5

What does the vi command do?

Answer 5

Starts vim.

Question 6

What does the command vi filename do?

Answer 6

Starts vim and immediately begins working on the named file (either a new, non-existent file or an existing file).

Question 7

What does the Insert key do in the vim editor when in command mode?

Answer 7

Places vim in Insert mode from Command mode.

Question 8

What does the i key do in the vim editor when in command mode?

Answer 8

Places vim in Insert mode from Command mode.

Question 9

What does the s key do in the vim editor when in command mode?

Answer 9

Places vim in Insert mode from Command mode.

Question 10

What does the Esc key do in the vim editor when in Insert/Replace mode?

Answer 10

Places vim in Command mode from Edit mode.

Question 11

What does the Delete key do in the vim editor when in Insert/Replace mode?

Answer 11

Deletes text.

Question 12

What does the Insert key do in the vim editor when in Insert/Replace mode?

Answer 12

Toggles between Insert and Replace mode while in edit mode.

Question 13

What does entering a number do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 13

Goes to a specific line in the document.

Question 14

What do the keystrokes dw do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 14

Cuts a whole word and trailing space.

Question 15

What do the keystrokes de do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 15

Cuts a whole word but omits the trailing space.

Question 16

What do the keystrokes d$ or D do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 16

Cuts all text following the cursor to the end of the line.

Question 17

What do the keystrokes dd do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 17

Cuts a line from the text.

Question 18

What does the p key do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 18

Places text in memory into the document.

Question 19

What does the u key do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 19

Undoes the last action.

Question 20

What does the o key do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 20

Opens a new line above the current line.

Question 21

What do the keystrokes Ctrl+g do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 21

Displays file name, total number of lines in the file and the cursor position.

Question 22

What do the keystrokes /term do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 22

Searches forward for all instances of a term. Press n to go to the next term and N to go to the previous term.

Question 23

What do the keystrokes ?term do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 23

Searches backward for all instances of a term. Press n to go to the previous term and N to go to the next term.

Question 24

What do the keystrokes yy do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 24

Copies a line of text into memory.

Question 25

What does the a key do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 25

Appends text after the cursor

Question 26

What does the A key do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 26

Appends text after the current line

Question 27

What does the C key do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 27

Changes text from current cursor position to the end of the line.

Question 28

What do the keystrokes cc do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 28

Change texts of the entire line.

Question 29

What do the keystrokes ZZ do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 29

Saves current file and exit vim.

Question 30

What does the h key do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 30

Moves the cursor one space to the left.

Question 31

What does the j key do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 31

Moves the cursor down a line.

Question 32

What does the k key do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 32

Moves the cursor up a line.

Question 33

What does the l key do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 33

Moves the cursor one space to the right.

Question 34

What does the z key do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 34

Exits without saving.

Question 35

What does the : key do in the vim editor when in Command mode?

Answer 35

Enters command line mode from command mode.Places vim in Command LIne mode from Command mode.

Question 36

What does the command w do in the vim editor when in Command Line mode?

Answer 36

Saves the current document.

Question 37

What does the command w filename do in the vim editor when in Command Line mode?

Answer 37

Names and saves the file.

Question 38

What does the command w! filename do in the vim editor when in Command Line mode?

Answer 38

Overwrites the file

Question 39

What does the command q do in the vim editor when in Command Line mode?

Answer 39

Exits vim. This produces an error if the text was modified.

Question 40

What does the command q! do in the vim editor when in Command Line mode?

Answer 40

Exits vim without saving.

Question 41

What does the command wq or exit do in the vim editor when in Command Line mode?

Answer 41

Saves the document and exit vim.

Question 42

What does the command e! do in the vim editor when in Command Line mode?

Answer 42

Reload the file from the last saved version. This discards all edits and reloads the last saved version of the file into vim.