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-====== Create And Edit Text Files ======
-**General Information**
-About this page/how-to/script.
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-====== Linux Text Editors ======
-  * emacs => older text editor, not always on a system
-  * nano => very simple edtior, not always on a system
-  * vi/vim => vi always on the system, vim sometimes on a system
-    * **For this reason, learn vi/vim.**
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-===== vi/vim =====
-vi or vim will almost always be installed on a Linux distro, so it is the best to learn.
-Create new file "file1"
-<code bash>
-vi file1
-</code>
-  * Command Mode => Cannot type into the file, used for movement/editing
-  * Insert Mode => Type in this mode
-  * Ex Mode => Searching, Saving, Quiting, and Changing Vi's options
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-==== Command Mode ====
-Movement
-  * i => enter Insert Mode
-  * h => move left
-  * j => move down
-  * k => move up
-  * l => move right
-  * G => goto last line in file
-  * 1G => goto first line in file
-Editing
-  * yy => yank line (copy)
-  * p => paste before current line
-  * P => paste after current line
-  * u => undo last change
-  * dd => delete line
-  * 5dd => delete 5 lines
-  * dw => delete current word
-  * cw => delete current word and enter insert mode (change word)
-  * cc => delete current line and enter insert mode
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-==== Insert Mode ====
-  * Esc => leave Insert mode, enter Command Mode
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-==== Ex Mode ====
-  * :q => quit
-  * :w => write changes (save)
-  * :wq => write (save) and quit
-  * :q! => quit without saving changes
-  * :%s/dog/cat => replace first occurance of "dog" on each line with "cat"
-  * :%s/dog/cat/g => replace all occurances of "dog" with "cat" (g = global)
-  * :! => run shell commands from vi
-  * :r oldfile => copy contents of oldfile into current file being edited
-  * :e file1.txt => load file1.txt into the editor (only if current file being edited has been saved)
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