Questions tagged [vi]
vi is a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system.
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Force create nonexistent directory via vi or touch?
There are -p option in mkdir command to create parent directories as needed
wolf@linux:~$ tree
.
0 directories, 0 files
wolf@linux:~$
wolf@linux:~$ mkdir dir1/dir2/dir3
mkdir: cannot create ...
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st terminal + shell vi mode
Context:
I use zsh and use vi editing mode. To go up in the history instead of pressing ESC to go to the normal mode and pressing k, I press alt+k which sends the esc character and sends k afterwords (...
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How to edit a list of generated files whose names contain spaces
I've got a relatively small list of filenames generated from a pipeline based on find. The file names contain spaces and possibly punctuation but definitely no other non-printing characters or ...
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How to import tmux setting for vim to normal vim?
When using tmux my color/font/syntax highliting in VIM gets improved. How can i import that
red/yellow/white combination of color in .vimrc file. I want that.
VIM ON TMUX:
AND THIS IS MY NORMAL UGLY ...
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How to copy full vim/vi remote file content to my local clipboard
I am having a file in the remote machine ( connected with customized ssh not Normal ssh ) .I do not have a way to copy/move the file to my local ( No scp allowed and no other connectivity ) .I am ...
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vi, or vim, on Centos7, overwrites the previous 30 lines in my bash window and thus those line are lost forever
I'm running Centos7 with TERM=linux. Whenever I open a file with vi, or vim, the previous 30 lines in my bash window are over written. vi works fine, but when scrolling back, those 30 lines are lost ...
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vi / Vim: oddities of composing delete/change (d/c) with motion
Let's start with investigating some motions in vi(m). I use the sample line
AA BBB
as subject of these investigations, and for each experiment we are starting off in normal mode, cursor at beginning ...
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Use substitution to delete everything up to a point on a line
I want to use a global substitution in Vim to delete everything up to https.
Before
The website is https://website.com
The website is https://website.com
The website is https://website.com
After
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How to jump to the first line of the C/C++ function using vim?
Is there a set of commands to jump between various elements of the C/C++ source code in vim? I know ctags but that offers limited functionality.
For example, is it possible to jump to the first line ...
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Access time of a file
I am using bash shell. If I just open a file with the vi editor and close it without even moving the cursor even once, then that, as far as I understand, should change the last access time of the file ...
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Linux account will no longer let me edit or create files
I was editing a file and Instead of typing ZZ to save and exit I typed something else by mistake. I think it might have been either ctl-z or ctl-c . Anyway it ended up abending the vi session.
When I ...
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How to set tab for all files to use two spaces when in vi?
When I edit ruby (.rb) and Javascript (.js) files my settings seem to work ok to make a tab be a space.
However for other files, such as files with no extension, when I use tab I get a tab, not two ...
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ESC (in VI) on FreeBSD as Guest in VirtualBox on macOSX does not work. Neither over VB own screen, nor via Terminal > SSH
I just installed FreeBSD-12-Current as guest of VirtualBox6 on my MacBook Pro 15° 2018 with TouchBar under macOS Mojave 10.14.6 an then installed "SUDO" on the virtual machine. When I try to configure ...
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How to reduce numbering indent in vi in 19.10?
Upgraded to 19.10 and my terminal window without numbers is ok
but with numbers (:set nu)
it now has a large annoying indent!
I tried the solution at https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/252200/10043 ...
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How can I delete marks in Kile/Kate in vim-mode?
When setting marks in Kile’s/Kate’s vim-mode via m. the line will be highlighted. This can be annoying and the attempt to remove the mark via :delmarks fails with unknown command: “delmarks”.
Is it ...
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Search string and add # to the beginning of that line
Need some help using the vi editor.
I am trying to comment out a line on crontab for a specific user.
This is the line on the crontab among many other lines:
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 2-...
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How to properly edit a TXT file created in Windows using VI editor
I created a text file (link goes to DropBox) with a Windows application and now I MUST edit it with VI in Unix.
Once I opened the file, I realized that I cannot easily navigate within the lines in ...
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How do I remap function keys in readline bash vi (vi shell mode)?
Regarding mapping function keys in vi readline, I have read these two stackexchanges:
Remap bash vi keys?
Custom key bindings for vi shell mode, ie, "set -o vi"?
I have a MacBookPro with a ...
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Invoking external editor from Vi command line editing mode in zsh
For some reason, I can't get the keybinding to invoke Vim (my editor) to work with Esc+v zsh when using iTerm.
I've gone back to a minimalist .zshrc file, to ensure it's not a plugin issue:
# If ...
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Disabling vim visual mode in /etc/vim/vimrc does not work
I found plenty of questions regarding disabling visual mode in vim but none that tackles my particular problem:
I added set mouse-=a to my /etc/vim/vimrc file to disable visual mode for good. Thing ...
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vim doesn't terminate when terminal is forcefully closed
steps to replicate:
[Windows PC] SSH to machine as user using putty/cmder (centos 7 VM)
[Linux VM] vim def.txt (as a user)
[Windows PC] kill the terminal program (putty/cmder) using task manager
[...
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How to turn colors for vim.tiny without internet access?
readlink -f 'which vi' output:
/usr/bin/vim.tiny
vi --version output:
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Nov 17 2016 07:08:19)
Included patches: 1-488, 576
Extra patches: 8.0.0056
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How can I search date format in vi?
I want to search date format like 2019-07-12 11:22:33.
but, in vi mode, :/2019-07-12 11:22:33 is not executed by white space.
how can I search 2019-07-12 11:22:33?
(other format is not pretty)
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vi/vim, how can I write out the nth word of all lines to a new file
How can I write out the nth word of all lines to a new file?
For example, I want the second word of all lines wrote out in new_file.txt:
old_file.txt:
pippo pluto paperino
gigi lui marco
piero ...
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Run zsh (oh-my-zsh) in Vi mode when connecting to remote server via ssh
I'd like to connect to a remote server using ssh and have the session running in Vi mode. I have found how to do that for bash:
ssh username@server -t 'bash -o vi'
But I need the same thing for zsh (...
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How to turn on syntax highlighting for vi/vim?
Running a minimal ISO of CentOS_7
I've tried writing a .sh script using vi but can't get syntax highlighting to work.
Pressing escape and typing :syntax on as shown in articles like this one are not ...
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Vim autostart with Vexplore and terminal
I want to setup vim to behave like a traditional ide for the most part. What I would like to do is when I type the command vim it opens up this way:
The problem is it opens this way:
I would like ...
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Replace VI macro with Linux equivalent
My file arrives on a Linux server and contains ^M characters when seen in VI and the file format = unix, (ff=unix)
I want to turn lines 1-4 into line lines 9 - 10.
My vi macro solves my problem.
/\r/...
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Binary executable file with write permission get READONLY from vim
First I know that use vim to write a binary executable program is not recommended. So, I don't want to talk about its rationality here.
I have a binary program, with permission 755(owner is root), so ...
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When I try to load and edit files in nano or vi, it only creates a new blank file. Why is this?
When I try to load any files in nano or vi, it simply creates a blank [New File]. For some reason it won't load any files I'm trying to edit. I'm at a loss. Why would this be?
I open up a terminal ...
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shell expansions while in vim
Being in vim.tiny in command mode and executing some shell command with :!, is there a way that I can benefit from the shell expansions, namely from the filename generation?
When I simply enter key, ...
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“grep -Rl” results as vi arguments with proper space support
I am trying to do something like
vi `grep -Rl 'keyword'`
But I want to support spaces in the file names.
vi "`grep -Rl 'keyword'`"
Does not do what I need, it turns the grep output in a single ...
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Error to Create symbolic binary link
I want to create a symbolic link for vi to see this program when calling
from console run vim:
ln -s /usr/bin/vi /usr/bin/vim`
ln: failure to create symbolic link «/ usr / bin / vim»: The file ...
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are there side-effects to remapping/aliasing less to vim?
I added the following to .bashrc to remap less to vim
alias vsi='vim -R -c ":map Q :q!<enter>" -' # Vim Standard Input [readonly]
alias less='vsi'
the reason is that I don't want to maintain ...
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Removing control M characters from a given file and to remove newline character if it is the only character in the entire file
We have a file named as abc.txt and its a empty file. Due to some junk or control M characters, the file size is populated as 5 byte file. In order to have clean file we are using dos2unix command to ...
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Close the file in vim without closing the file explorer
I am browsing the files in vim file explorer by entering vim dirname.
Then I am opening the file, saving and closing it by entering :wq.
Now the file explorer window disappears.
How to prevent this ...
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FreeBSD's vi does not do control-D unindent properly?
I'm on a minimalist FreeBSD system and need to use the built-in vi editor to edit files. To be specific, this is not vim, or vim-tiny or other replacement. It's the "4BSD bug-for-bug compatible" nvi ...
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How to set and determine the command-line editing mode of Bash?
How to set the vi or emacs command line editing mode the Bash AND how to determine which mode is currently set?
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Should I learn to memorize these keys for Vim for moving - h,l,k,j? [closed]
For VIM in command mode, the keys h,l,k, and j are used to move the cursor but I see no point in memorizing these at the moment because when going into insert mode, I use the arrow keys to move the ...
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Find the pattern in 1 line and replacing in another line
I have some local soft link paths of files as below.
./tech/finegrain/DUALDFTIO/synopsys/DUALDFTIO.TSMC7N.db
./tech/finegrain/ESD18V/synopsys/ESD18V.TSMC7N.db
I got original paths till directories ...
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Opening most recently modified file in vim
The following commands work
$ ls -1t | head -1
git_sync_log20180924_00.txt
$ vi git_sync_log20180924_00.txt
But this does not
$ ls -1t | head -1 | vi
Vim: Warning: Input is not from a terminal
Vim:...
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How to search in vim ignoring all whitespace (and making it a function)
How can I search a string in vim and thereby ignoring any whitespace (or particularly line breaks) between any characters?
And probably thereby making a function that can search ignoring all ...
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substitutions in vi editor
I have file called foo.txt. This file contains values:
abc.tar.gz
abc.1.1.tar.gz
bca-1.2.tar.gz
I would like to get an output like this
abc abc.tar.gz
abc.1.1 abc.1.1.tar.gz
bca-1.2 bca-1.2.tar.gz
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Why doesn't root alias vi to vim if it's standard for other users?
On centos (and I believe many other distros) vi is aliased to vim for all users by default. However, for whatever reason vi is not aliased to vim for the root user, something that always annoys me ...
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vi - How go to line N?
In vi editor how do I go to a particular line ?
For example if I open a file named file.py is there an option for open the file at a particular line or can I open my file and then go to line with ...
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Find any line in VI that has something other than ATCG
I have a file of genomic data that is approximately 5 million lines long and should have only the characters A, T, C, and G in it. The problem is, I know how large the file should be, but it's ...
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Vi editor message - input encoding conversion not supported
I'm currently using FreeBSD10, when i open a file using vi then a message displays at the end of file- "Input encoding conversion not supported".
Is this to warning or error ?
Note:- However the file ...
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resume reading a log file from the point I left it last time [duplicate]
I have a log file which is continuously updating(new line added) after few time period.
I am fetching only error messages from the file in every 10 minutes.
Initially, at 1st time I fetched all line ...
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How can I search matching pattern (stored in a variable) in a file using awk?
I have a log file in which I need to check if there are any error messages, if there are, extract the error message to another file.
Like this I may have error file for the different file have ...
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Terminal doesn't understand some easy commands and keeps trying to install package 'sed' after trying to add directory to PATH
Learning linux so I wrote a simple script to test different scripting variables and arguments. Tried adding the directory to my PATH, something went wrong. I can't even use the ls command...
I have ...
