Using the Vi Editor

Hours: 32 / Access Length: 7 Weeks / Delivery: Monthly, Mentor Supported
Retail Price: $375.00

Course Overview:

The Vi editor is one of the most popular editors in the Linux environment. Vi can be used to create or edit configuration files and can be used to create scripts or programs. Students will learn to navigate in documents, edit text in a file and to customize the environment. Students will need access to Linux with a copy of Vi installed.

Course Outline:

• Students will create a basic text file using vi.
• Students will identify commands to move quickly around a text file in vi.
• Students set vi start up options and work with buffers.
• Students will use the ex editor to edit text files.
• Students will perform text substitutions and replacements.
• Students will customize vi.

All necessary materials are included.

System Requirements:

• Cable and DSL internet connections are recommended for the best experience.

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 2 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone (Webinar / Live Online sessions)

• Microsoft Windows 7 or 10 (Home, Pro)
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is denoted in the above course outline.