1. Chapter 9 Using Text Editors

2. vi Editor visual Editor, ASCII text editor, no formatting capabilities almost as powerful as MS Word, has 26 clipboards (A-Z) and has its own book useful when working remotely on unix workstations, called the number one tool for the network administrator either love it or hate it, but very cryptic no mouse or arrows to position cursor! universally available on UNIX systems, used for remote login or telnet

3. vi Modes command - initial mode, opening files, positioning cursor, modifying existing text entry - enter or append text last line - save, exit, edit session

4. Moving Between vi Modes

6. vi Command Syntax $ vi [option(s)] [filename] vi – by itself, starts the vi editor and opens a new file (not yet named) vi filename – if file exists it is opened for editing - if not it’s created vi -r filename - recover a crashed file vedit - Starts the vi editor with showmode - displays the entry mode view – in read-only mode - no changes

7. vi Command Mode (J)ump down (k)ick up (h)ind site – backward or left arrow (l)ead on – forward or right arrow

8. vi Entry Mode

9. vi Last Line Mode

10. vi Editing Commands In Command Mode: delete undo, change copy, paste

11. vi Editing Commands In Last Line Mode: edit session search

12. CDE Text Editor

13. Lab 9.1.8 – Using the vi Editor Lab 9.2.6 – User the CDE Text Editor chapter 9 assessment Labs/Assessment

14. 1. Create a new file called bio and populate it with info and then save it. Chap 9 Exercise

15. 1. Create a new file called bio and populate it with info and then save it. $ vi bio Automatically in entry mode as if pressed “i” rt Add information Esc key to get back into command mode :wq (writes buffer to file – saves file and exit) Chap 9 Exercise (Solution)