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This book is a complete description of vi, the popular display oriented interactive text editor on Unix systems. The thorough treatment of the vi editor applicable to both system V and 4.2 BSD Unix systems, helps the user learn and understand its features beginning from the fundamentals. It also helps the user to develop skills of a more sophisticated level and is not only for beginners but also for the more advanced users of Unix systems. The many examples and the quick reference guide are useful features of the book.
Contents:
- Introduction
- Getting Started with vi
- Cursor Movements
- Modifying Text
- Window for Editing
- Editing a File Revisited
- Cut and Paste within a File
- Cut and Paste between Files
- String Subtitutions
- Environment Setting
- Editing on Slow Terminals
- Special Topics
- Exploiting of vi for Productivity
- Quick Reference Guide to vi
- Summary of Shell Commands
Readership: Computer scientists, systems programmers and software developers.
