Questions tagged [vi]
vi is a screen-oriented text editor originally created for the Unix operating system.
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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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`~/.inputrc` vi editing mode with emacs shortcut keys, `Control-e: end-of-line` not working
I am using Debian 9 with the Bash shell as default. This is my ~/.inputrc file.
set editing-mode vi
set show-mode-in-prompt on
set vi-ins-mode-string "+ "
set vi-cmd-mode-string "- "
# in vi-command ...
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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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Different behaviours of sudo [duplicate]
I created a file with sudo like this:
sudo touch abc.txt
Which understandably set the owner to root. Now when I try to edit the file via vi using sudo, it works:
sudo vi abc.txt #works
But when I ...
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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 ...
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Using Script edit the file and replace some variable value
I have n number of servers like:
c0001234.cloud.com
c0005678.cloud.com
c0009123.cloud.com
I need to write one script that will login to these servers and edit one file. Basically there is one ...
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Sed conditional removal of EOL [duplicate]
For the following example, where we have "\" at the end, the \ and EOL character should be removed.
line 1\
line 2
line 3
line 4\
line 5
Output should be
line 1 line 2
line 3
line 4 line 5
Using ...
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Vim color scheme in bash and byobu
I have a problem with the vim color scheme installation. I did the following:
1) a folder was created ~/.vimrc/colors
2) I put the color definition monokai_pro.vim there
3) I edited the file .vimrc ...
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How to delete “undeletable” lines in Vi?
Background
I accidentally deleted an important python script, and so I ran the command
sudo grep --binary-files=text --context=100 'unique string' /dev/sda1 > recover_file
to search for it on my ...
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What was the general workflow for finding/discovering/editing project files in VI(M) before virtual terminals? [closed]
When asked what is the native "VI(M) Way" to explore a directory tree and view/edit files, it is often stated that one would type the relative or direct path of the file being targeted and open it in ...
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Replacing non printable characters with hex numerical values
I have a badly corrupted Sqlite file
The usual trick of dumping everything into a sql file and loading it into a fresh file doesn't work, but with a hex editor I can see that the data I need to ...
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How do I remove a special character in a file?
I had to use OCR to get the text of a very large script I did not want to type by hand.
I have multiple lines like this
echo "<91>ps <97>eF|grep...
It should read;
echo "`ps -eF|grep......
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vi with files/directories on the side?
I'm wondering if there's a plugin or a way to make vi/vim have collapseable folders/files on the left side like a regular IDE.
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set -o vi visual cue in shell [duplicate]
Is there a tool or shell package for either bash or zsh which will visually adjust when I am in edit or insert mode after running command:
set -o vi
and am using the terminal normally?
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editing sysctl.conf on oracle linux 7.5
I am going to install oracle database 12c on oracle linux 7.5. In the process, I have to edit following kernel parameters and set values.
fs.aio-max-nr = 1048576
fs.file-max = 6815744
kernel.shmall = ...
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select all text in vi to copy and past in windows
How can I select all text in vi so that I can copy it, and then paste it in notepad on my windows server.
I have a file with 3,000 lines in it. I cannot use FTP so I need to copy the text in the ...
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Vim: cw & dw whitespace inconsistency
vim seems to treat whitespace differently when using cw (change word) and dw (delete word).
For instance with the example text below, if the cursor is over the letter a and I type dw, it will remove ...
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How to create a script to make a structure and sort files by moving them into directories?
I have a bunch of files which all have a first line being a date. All of them start with the same first 2 letters being "ff". I need to create a script which would use that first line in all files and ...
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change the VI color settings for my session via a shell script
I need to change the VI color settings for my session via a shell script.
I do not want to edit the .vimrc file because that will affect everyone who logs in as the ORACLE user.
I need the syntax to ...
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Searching for a specific string at beginnning and end of the line in Vi
What command is used to search for a specific string at the beginning of line and at the end of the line in vi editor?
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Second vim split is not being saved
I got two files named as vim1 and vim2. vim1 files has some text in it, but vim2 is totaly empty. I used vim vim1 command to open that file. Later on i write :vsplit vim2 to open vim2 file on splited ...
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How to see which file a user is editing in vi
If I do a w, I can see that a user is editing a certain file in vi.
However there are several files with the same name in different directories.
How do I see which of these files is the one that the ...
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Why pass the argument to vi as vi itself? [closed]
Whats the reason behind passing the first argument to vi as vi itself like the following:
/bin/vi vi
Why not just write :
/bin/vi
The only difference that I have seen between the two commands is ...
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Incorrect UTF-8 accents in vi/vim on OpenBSD 6.2
After a default install of OpenBSD 6.2 with FVWM, I open an xterm on the FVWM GUI, with normal user, create a test file:
$ echo 'árvíztűrő tükörfúrógép' > test.txt
$ echo 'ÁRVÍZTŰRŐ TÜKÖRFÚRÓGÉP' ...
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How do I add myself to the sudoers file?
I attempted to add myself to the sudoers file a couple of days ago. I didn't want to have to login into root to do anything so I went into the file and inserted my name under root. Now I cannot use ...
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Tmux command mode - Use vi shortcuts
In bash commandline, you can use vim shortcuts by setting set editing-mode vi in the ~/.inputrc file. I want to be able do the same when typing <prefix>:new to create a new window for example.
(...
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linux + file printed with the linux prompt
when we print the file- /etc/hosts.txt
we get after the last line the - [root@master02 data]# , why?
we try dos2linux , and by vi we not see any charterer after the last line - worker03.yu.com 14.23....
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How to insert and delete text in vi on Debian 9
I have only used vi on Debain 8 before and I was able to press "i" to add any text. Even delete was working fine. But now on Debian 9 it seems vi behaviour is different as pressing "i" nothing happens....
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vi commands to find specific letters
I want ask about a commands on vi. start terminal and give this ->> vi /etc/groups and I want to find the entries corresponding to groups with names that end in s or t can someone help??
I already ...
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Replacing .* in vi
I need to replace all occurrences of "period asterisk" as it is shown here:
blah blah .*:.*:.* blah blah
with:
[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]
so that the end result looks like this:
blah blah [...
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Vi search range and replace
I'm using vi on a Tru64 system that isn't letting me use the \1 methods.
So simple question I can't find the answer to:
How do you concatenate a search (for the range) with a substitution? Something ...
