Get:3 bionic/main amd64 liblockfile1 amd64 1.14-1.1 Get:2 bionic/main amd64 liblockfile-bin amd64 1.14-1.1 Get:1 bionic/main amd64 emacs25-common all 25.2+1-6 To edit a file, create a file first using the cat command: Now, let's understand how to edit a file using the Vi editor. Press :w test.txt to save the file as test.txt.Press :wq! Keys to save the updated file and exit from the editor.Press :q! keys to exit from the editor without saving a file.Sometimes Vi seems like a typical editor, but when you are used to it, it will feel you like one of the powerful editing tools.īefore editing files, let's understand how to switch a mode in Vi editor: In this mode, whatever we type is considered as a command, not as input. When we start Vi, it opens with normal mode, which is basically a command mode. Most of the tools have just one mode they take input and performs commanded operation, but Vi has several modes. It is most widely used because of its modality. Each mode allows us to operate its specific operations. The Vi editor has various modes like normal mode, insert mode, command mode, line mode, and more. The VI editor is the most widely used text editor in Linux based systems. Let's understand how to edit files on a Linux server over different text editors. We can edit files by different Linux editors like vim, nano, Emacs, Gedit, Gvim, and more. Linux file system allows us to operate various operations on files like create, edit, rename, remove.

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