Hello. I'm trying to learn LInux. The book I read states that you should know how to use Vi. What is your opinion about that?
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Jump to Postvi is not Linux. There are so many text editors that I would not call this a requirement any longer. Maybe 3 decades ago but not now.
But hey, why not learn ed too?
PS: I would never call vi a "word processor.
PPS: About the only hard thing about …
Jump to PostYes absolutely.
vi is the ONLY editor (it is not a word processor) that ships with ALL Linux distributions and UNIX variants.
It is simple to learn and simple to use, and you only need a few basics to save yourself a lot of headaches when somethng goes awry and …
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