Learning the vi editor/vipe

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Learning the vi editor: Getting acquainted — Basic tasks — Making your work easier — Advanced tasks — Details — Vi clones (Vim – Basic navigation – Modes – Tips and Tricks – Useful things for programmers to know – Enhancing Vim – Vim on Windows – VimL Script language, Vile, BB vi) — vi Reference

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[edit] Vipe - edit pipe

[edit] Overview

command | vipe | command

Not really a vi clone, Vipe allows you to run a text editor in the middle of a unix pipeline and edit the data that is being piped between programs. Vipe is part of the moreutils package.

Copyright 2006 by Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> and Licensed under the GNU GPL.

[edit] Environment Variables

  • EDITOR - Editor to use.
  • VISUAL - Also supported to determine what editor to use.

[edit] Resources


Learning the vi editor: Getting acquainted — Basic tasks — Making your work easier — Advanced tasks — Details — Vi clones (Vim – Basic navigation – Modes – Tips and Tricks – Useful things for programmers to know – Enhancing Vim – Vim on Windows – VimL Script language, Vile, BB vi) — vi Reference
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