Vim – Text Editor

Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. As an improved version of the classic vi editor, Vim is ubiquitous on Unix systems and beloved by developers for its power and efficiency.

Key Features

• Modal Editing: Separate modes for editing and navigation
• Extensible: Thousands of plugins available
• Efficient: Keyboard-centric operation
• Ubiquitous: Available on virtually all systems
• Customizable: Extensive configuration via vimrc

Installation

Install Vim on Ubuntu:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install vim

Usage Examples

Essential Vim commands:

# Mode switching
i - Insert mode
Esc - Normal mode
v - Visual mode

# Navigation
h,j,k,l - Left, down, up, right
gg - Go to start
G - Go to end
w - Next word

# Editing
dd - Delete line
yy - Yank line
p - Paste
u - Undo

Benefits

Vim’s modal editing paradigm enables incredible efficiency once mastered. Its presence on every server and its powerful features make it an essential skill for system administrators and developers.

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