The vi
editor is a text editor that is commonly used in Unix-like operating systems, including Linux and Termux. vi
is a powerful and flexible text editor, but it can be difficult to use for users who are not familiar with its commands.
To use vi
in Termux, you can follow these steps:
- Open
vi
by typing thevi
command followed by the name of the file you want to edit. For example, to create and edit a new file named “example.txt”, you can use the following command:
vi example.txt
This will open the vi
editor with an empty file named “example.txt”.
- To enter text into the file, you need to switch to “insert” mode. You can do this by pressing the
i
key. - Type the text you want to add to the file.
- To save the file and exit
vi
, you need to switch back to “command” mode. You can do this by pressing theEsc
key. Then, type:wq
and pressEnter
to save the file and exitvi
, or type:q!
and pressEnter
to exit without saving.
Here are some basic vi
commands that may be useful:
i
: Enter insert mode.Esc
: Exit insert mode and return to command mode.:w
: Save the file.:q
: Quitvi
.:wq
: Save the file and quitvi
.:q!
: Quitvi
without saving.
There are many other vi
commands available, and you can use the :help
command to display a list of available commands and learn more about how to use vi
.
:help
I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.