To edit a file that starts with a dash, precede the filelist with a double dash (" -").Ī single dash specifies that the file to edit is to be read from standard input. You can get to the other files with the " :next" command. The cursor will be positioned on the first line of the buffer. The first one will be the current file and read into the buffer. Main options file.Ī list of one or more file names. Otherwise, one out of the following four options may be used to choose one or more files to be edited. If the filelist is missing, the editor will start with an empty buffer. More generally, the syntax for starting vim is as follows: vim Often, vim is started to edit a single file using the following command.
There are a lot of enhancements above Vi: multi level undo, multiple windows and buffers, syntax highlighting, command line editing, file name completion, a complete help system, visual selection, and others. Vim is a text editor that is upwards compatible to Vi.
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