Master vi vim Linux Command Line Text Editor

Master vi / vim Linux Command Line Text Editor, available at $49.99, has an average rating of 4.35, with 28 lectures, 5 quizzes, based on 86 reviews, and has 14694 subscribers.

You will learn about Difference between vi and vim Different vi modes Editing files in insert mode navigation in command mode editing file in command mode understanding visual mode cut , copy , paste running set commands finding and replacing text running Linux / Unix commands from vi command abbreviation creating macros opening multiple file tabs creating vertical and horizontal splits creating local and global bookmarks performing backup and recovery getting help in vi extending vi with plugins understanding .vimrc file understanding .viminfo file This course is ideal for individuals who are System Administrator or Linux Users or Devops Engineers or Students learning computer operating system or Research & Academic staff or Software Developers It is particularly useful for System Administrator or Linux Users or Devops Engineers or Students learning computer operating system or Research & Academic staff or Software Developers.

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Summary

Title: Master vi / vim Linux Command Line Text Editor

Price: $49.99

Average Rating: 4.35

Number of Lectures: 28

Number of Quizzes: 5

Number of Published Lectures: 28

Number of Published Quizzes: 5

Number of Curriculum Items: 33

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 33

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Difference between vi and vim

Different vi modes

Editing files in insert mode

navigation in command mode

editing file in command mode

understanding visual mode

cut , copy , paste

running set commands

finding and replacing text

running Linux / Unix commands from vi

command abbreviation

creating macros

opening multiple file tabs

creating vertical and horizontal splits

creating local and global bookmarks

performing backup and recovery

getting help in vi

extending vi with plugins

understanding .vimrc file

understanding .viminfo file

Who Should Attend

System Administrator

Linux Users

Devops Engineers

Students learning computer operating system

Research & Academic staff

Software Developers

Target Audiences

System Administrator

Linux Users

Devops Engineers

Students learning computer operating system

Research & Academic staff

Software Developers

Description

The most important thing you as a  Linux power user should know is how to work with command line ( CLI ) and most important thing in Command Line is editing and managing files. Yes , you heard it right , Linux is file based Operating System and it treats every part of the system as if it is a file. There is a configuration file for everything, including your hardware.

To edit these configuration files , to write your own system administration scripts in Bash , Perl , Python , creating complete Programs in C , C++ , Java , to create websites in PHP , it all need an editor , the editor that is easy to use and help you perform task in fast and efficient way

VI / VIM is the de facto editor in most Linux distribution , it is the most important editor that makes your system administration and development whole lot easy. The quality of VI is it is one of the oldest and widely used editor by system administrators and developers who work on Unix / Linux Operating systems.

Advantages of Vi

smallest in size

widely available in all variants of Unix / Linux Operating system and now in Mac and Windows as well

Ability to execute commands to the operating System

command based editing

fast and reliable

highly secure

greatly supported.

The only challenge vi pose to its new users is to understand how it works and learn whole lot of options that any latest GUI editor offer and how to manage your files from command line , and this course is exactly about that.

Course Objectives

Learn vi basic operations

manage  files with vi efficiently

execute system commands from vi

setup environment for programmer , system administrators

Get help for vi advance features

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to

Understand vi modes  ( insert , command , visual mode )

Enter and Exit vi  modes

Understanding how to Navigate around files  ( character , word , line , paragraph , sections , screens )

Editing Text (cut , copy , paste , replace )

Difference between vi and vim

Working with Multiple Files Through vi (tabs , splits )

Finding and Replacing Text in vi

Creating Local and Global marks ( bookmarks )

Running System Commands in VI 

Creating Macros , short custom commands in vi

Setting up vi environment for System Administrator , Developers

Backup and Recovery options

Extended vi plugin vimdiff

Who this course is for:

text editor can be used by all computer users but vi is very helpful for

Linux system administrators

computer programmers

Devops Engineers

Linux / Unix users

Engineers & Academic staff

Researchers

if you are someone who want to make there life easy with vi Enroll Now!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: VIM Basics

Lecture 1: understanding different modes

Lecture 2: open a file in vim and closing it

Lecture 3: vi to vim and ex mode

Chapter 3: Editing Files

Lecture 1: Inserting appending text

Lecture 2: Replacing text

Lecture 3: Deleting text

Lecture 4: yanking and pasting

Lecture 5: find and replace text

Chapter 4: Navigating through files

Lecture 1: character by character movement

Lecture 2: moving by words and lines

Lecture 3: moving by paragraph screen and pages

Lecture 4: navigate through search

Chapter 5: Advance File options

Lecture 1: Adding Bookmarks

Lecture 2: File Backup

Lecture 3: File and Data Recovery

Lecture 4: managing abbreviations

Lecture 5: Working with zip files

Lecture 6: Changing Text to Upper Case

Chapter 6: VI Advance Options

Lecture 1: Running Linux Commands from VI

Lecture 2: adding removing maps

Lecture 3: Opening multiple files in tabs

Lecture 4: Horizontal and Vertical Screen Split

Lecture 5: Understanding viminfo file

Lecture 6: Change vim colorscheme

Lecture 7: Using VIM sessions

Lecture 8: vim vimdiff options

Chapter 7: Conclusion

Lecture 1: Conclusion

Instructors

Mushtaq Ali
Linux System Administrator

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 3 votes

2 stars: 3 votes

3 stars: 14 votes

4 stars: 30 votes

5 stars: 36 votes

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