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Vim (Vi IMproved), a command-line text editor, provides several modes for different kinds of text manipulation. Pressing `<i>` in normal mode enters insert mode. Pressing `<Esc>` goes back to normal mode, which enables the use of Vim commands. See also: `vimdiff`, `vimtutor`, `nvim`, `gvim`.

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Examples (8)

Open a file

vim path/to/file

Open a file at a specified line number

vim +line_number path/to/file

View Vim's help manual

<:>help<Enter>

Save and quit the current buffer

<Esc><Z><Z>|<Esc><:>x<Enter>|<Esc><:>wq<Enter>

Enter normal mode and undo the last operation

<Esc><u>

Search for a pattern in the file (press `<n>`/`<N>` to go to next/previous match)

</>search_pattern<Enter>

Perform a `regex` substitution in the whole file

<:>%s/regex/replacement/g<Enter>

Display the line numbers

<:>set nu<Enter>

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