4. Creating and Editing Files

In This Chapter

Choosing an Editor: nano/pico or vi/vim

Starting nano and Dabbling with It

Saving in nano

Cutting and Pasting Text Blocks in nano

Checking Spelling in nano

Getting Help in nano

Exiting nano

Starting vi (or vim) and Dabbling with It

Saving in vi

Adding and Deleting Text in vi

Importing Files into vi

Searching and Replacing in vi

Exiting vi

Creating and editing files are likely the most common tasks you’ll perform in Unix or Linux. If you’re programming, developing webpages, sending email (uh-huh, really), writing a letter, configuring your environment (see Chapter 8), or just exploring the system, you’ll spend a lot of time in an editor.

In this chapter, we’ll introduce you to two of the most common ...

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