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To quit without saving

Press ‘:’ then enter ‘q!’

To quit with saving

Press ‘:’ then enter ‘x’ or ‘wq’

Go to  top of file

Press ‘:’ then enter ‘0’

Go to last line

Press ‘G’

Search pattern

Press ‘/’ then enter your search text. Press then ‘n’ for next (forward) or ‘N’ for backward

Remove current character

Press ‘x’

Insert text

Press ‘i’ (press ESC once text completed)

Insert line

Press ‘o’ for a line below cursor, ‘O’ for a line above cursor (press ESC once text completed)

Delete a line

Press ‘dd’

(info) 'vim' has also a graphical version named 'gvim'. If not installed, you can run: # yum -y install gvim

‘gedit’ graphical editor

‘gedit’ is a graphical text editor, users familiar with Windows notepad should not encounter difficulties to use it.

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