Learning the vi Editor (Nutshell Handbooks)

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ISBN 10: 0937175676 / ISBN 13: 9780937175675

Published by O'Reilly & Associates (edition 5th), 1991

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning the vi Editor (Nutshell Handbooks)
• Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates (edition 5th)
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0937175676
• ISBN 13: 9780937175675
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 5th.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

For many users, working in the UNIX environment means using vi, a full-screen text editor available on most UNIX systems. Even those who know vi often make use of only a small number of its features. This is the complete guide to text editing with vi. Early chapters cover the basics; later chapters explain more advanced editing tools, such as ex commands and global search and replacement. Also includes a pull-out quick-reference card. "It is hard to believe that anyone can work on a UNIX system for more than a few moments without invoking vi. Whether your site runs System V.x or 4.nBSD, your system has vi. For those who are looking for an introductory book to give to new staff members who have no acquaintance with either screen editing or with UNIX screen editing, this is it: a book on vi that is neither designed for the UNIX in-crowd, nor so imbecilic that one is ashamed to use it." ---;login, May/June 1989

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.