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VI.md

VI Basics

Everything I ever needed from vi/vim are here

Editing a file

vi /path/to/file.txt

Once inside, use shift+i to insert or edit text Press esc to exit :q :q! :w :wq are common options after esc

Basic text search

Once inside vi, press esc and use the '/' character prefix. Example:

/checkpoint_completion_target
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