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How To Use vi Editor

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Mohd Sohail
Nov 11, 2016

vi is a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system. The name “vi” is derived from the shortest unambiguous abbreviation for the ex command visual, which switches the ex line editor to visual mode.

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