Editing Files

There are several ways to edit a file. One of most common text editors for this is Vi or Vim. More rarely, there is the Nano editor. But these are only the default text editors build into every Linux distributions. You can always install gedit or sublimetext for a more easy experience.

Vim Vim is an open source editors for all kinds of ASCII text, just like Nano. It is an improved clone of the previous Vi. It is an extremely powerful editor. For tasks that go beyond that, Vim provides an interface to external programs, such as grep, awk, sed.

• Normal All inputs are considered as editor commands.
• Inser All entered characters are inserted into the buffer.
• Visual The visual mode is used to mark a contiguous part of the text, which will be visually highlighted.
• Command It allows us to enter single-line commands at the bottom of the editor. Usually helps with replacing text section, deleting, and sorting.
• Replace The newly entered will overwrite existing characters unless there are no more old characters at the current cursor position
• Ex Emulates the behavior of the text editors Ex (super import)

Can always use the vimtutor to help understand and learn how the vim text editor works.