What is the vi Editor?
The vi Editor (pronounced vee-eye, not veye or vee; and, it is always written in lower case) is a text editor originally developed for UNIX programmers. It is a modal editor, meaning it operates in three different modes; command mode (default), insert mode, and replace mode. The vi Editor has been around for decades and is used daily by thousands of Linux and UNIX users, which is why it is a right of passage tradition that new Linux and UNIX users learn this tool. vi Editor Quick Reference Chart (.pdf) Handy chart of common vi commands; distributed in Unix classes vi Editor Quick Reference Chart (.xls) Excel version of the above chart vi Reference Card (.pdf) Written by Donald J. Binder, this is another one page reference sheet on the vi editor; this card provides descriptions of various commands and keystrokes vim Quick Reference Card (.pdf) A two page keystroke reference card; written in 2003 by Laurent Grégorie An Introduction to Display Editing with vi (.pdf) Written by William joy
