Vi Editor

Question 1

Why vi

Answer 1

fast and easy

Question 2

Basic modes-

Answer 2

edit and command,

Question 3

‘esc’

Answer 3

for command mode

Question 4

‘i, a’

Answer 4

for edit mode (insert or append mode)

Question 5

:q

Answer 5

for quit

Question 6

:w

Answer 6

for write

Question 7

:q!

Answer 7

quit without save

Question 8

:e

Answer 8

open another file for editing

Question 9

:wq

Answer 9

write and quit

Question 10

in command mode, what does ‘/’ let you do?

Answer 10

allows you to search for a word

Question 11

‘n’

Answer 11

for forward search

Question 12

‘N’

Answer 12

for backward search

Question 13

what whill this command do? :s/ram/mohan

Answer 13

-will search string “ram” and replace with “mohan”