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In this brief tutorial, we will use several of the commands above to perform basic operations in Vim. Open a terminal and type vim file.txt to create a blank text file and launch the Vim application. Your terminal window should now resemble the following image. Next, press i to enter “INSERT” mode. Populate the file…

NOTE: This article assumes the reader has an introductory knowledge of the Linux ecosystem. Vim is a powerful text editor for Linux which is run entirely from the terminal. As it does not have a GUI (graphical user interface), it allows manipulation of text-based files without having to devote resources to a desktop environment—a boon…