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| Vim Editor insert mode, Command mode and Visual mode |
vi or vim mode:
Vim support multiple mode, there are below three mode like
- Command mode
- Command line mode
- Insert mode
- Visual mode
To help
:help mode
1 - command mode
This is a default mode of vi editor and any files will be open by default in command mode
vi /tmp/linuxtopic.txt
In the bottom we can see the file name, written line number ( 7L ) and word character ( 75C )
Follow Video Tutorial for better understating :
2 - Command Line mode :
We can run command in command line mode, command line mode will start with colon ( : ) for example we want to save and exit the vi editor so we need to press Esc for command mode then press colon ( : ) key and type w for save and q for quit
3 - Insert mode
In insert mode we can edit our file, we can switch from default mode to insert mode by pressing "INC" key Or press " i " key from the keyboard, below screenshot for better understanding
4 -Visual mode :
We can eaisly select text and run command in this mode, we can switch in visual mode from any mode by pressing " ESC " key and than Press "v"
for the example i want to delete top 4 line so in will select top four line by arrow key and then i will press "d" for delete.
How to switch mode in vi editor ?
We can switch mode in vi editor by pressing the below key form the keyboard
Command mode - esc
Command mode to Command line mode - : ( colon )
Command mode to Insert mode - i or inc key
Insert mode to command mode / command line mode - esc and : colon
Command mode to Visual mode : v
Visual mode to command mode : esc
Visual mode to insert mode : esc and i
Insert mode to visual mode : esc and v
and so fourth....
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