Learning the VI Editor (Nutshell Handbook)

Linda Lamb; Arnold Robbins

ISBN 10: 1565924266 / ISBN 13: 9781565924260

Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc., 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning the VI Editor (Nutshell Handbook)
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565924266
• ISBN 13: 9781565924260
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 1.3 pounds

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Synopsis

A complete guide to text editing with vi, the editor available on nearly every UNIX system. Early chapters cover the basics; later chapters explain more advanced editing tools, such as ex commands and global search and replacement.

About the Author

Arnold Robbins, an Atlanta native, is a professional programmer and technical author. He has worked with Unix systems since 1980, when he was introduced to a PDP-11 running a version of Sixth Edition Unix. He has been a heavy AWK user since 1987, when he became involved with gawk, the GNU project's version of AWK. As a member of the POSIX 1003.2 balloting group, he helped shape the POSIX standard for AWK. He is currently the maintainer of gawk and its documentation. He is also coauthor of the sixth edition of O'Reilly's Learning the vi Editor. Since late 1997, he and his family have been living happily in Israel.