Master vi / vim Linux Command Line Text Editor

Description

The most important thing you as a  Linux power user should know is how to work with command line ( CLI ) and most important thing in Command Line is editing and managing files. Yes , you heard it right , Linux is file based Operating System and it treats every part of the system as if it is a file. There is a configuration file for everything, including your hardware.

To edit these configuration files , to write your own system administration scripts in Bash , Perl , Python , creating complete Programs in C , C++ , Java , to create websites in PHP , it all need an editor , the editor that is easy to use and help you perform task in fast and efficient way

VI / VIM is the de facto editor in most Linux distribution , it is the most important editor that makes your system administration and development whole lot easy. The quality of VI is it is one of the oldest and widely used editor by system administrators and developers who work on Unix / Linux Operating systems.

Advantages of Vi

• smallest in size

• widely available in all variants of Unix / Linux Operating system and now in Mac and Windows as well

• Ability to execute commands to the operating System

• command based editing

• fast and reliable

• highly secure

• greatly supported.

The only challenge vi pose to its new users is to understand how it works and learn whole lot of options that any latest GUI editor offer and how to manage your files from command line , and this course is exactly about that.

Course Objectives

Learn vi basic operations

manage  files with vi efficiently

execute system commands from vi

setup environment for programmer , system administrators

Get help for vi advance features

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to

• Understand vi modes  ( insert , command , visual mode )

• Enter and Exit vi  modes

• Understanding how to Navigate around files  ( character , word , line , paragraph , sections , screens )

• Editing Text (cut , copy , paste , replace )

• Difference between vi and vim

• Working with Multiple Files Through vi (tabs , splits )

• Finding and Replacing Text in vi

• Creating Local and Global marks ( bookmarks )

• Running System Commands in VI 

• Creating Macros , short custom commands in vi

• Setting up vi environment for System Administrator , Developers

• Backup and Recovery options

• Extended vi plugin vimdiff

  
  

Who this course is for:

• text editor can be used by all computer users but vi is very helpful for

  • Linux system administrators

  • computer programmers

  • Devops Engineers

  • Linux / Unix users

  • Engineers & Academic staff

  • Researchers

if you are someone who want to make there life easy with vi Enroll Now!