Using text editors to create and edit files

Linux has several command-line text editors that you can use. There are nano, Emacs, and Vim, among others. Those are the most used ones. There are also Pico, JOE, and ed as text editors that are less frequently used than the aforementioned ones. We will cover Vim, as there is a very good chance that you will find it on any Linux system that you work with. Nevertheless, the current trend is to replace Vim with nano as the default text editor. Ubuntu, for example, does not have Vim installed by default, but CentOS does. Fedora is currently looking to make nano the default text editor. Therefore, you might want to learn nano, but for legacy purposes, Vim is a very useful tool to know.

Using Vim to edit text files

Vim is the improved version of vi, the default text editor from Unix. It is a very powerful editing tool. This power comes with many options that can be used to ease your work, and this can be overwhelming. In this sub-section...