Sams Teach Yourself UNIX® in 24 Hours Second Edition

Workshop

The Workshop summarizes the key terms you learned and poses some questions about the topics presented in this chapter. It also provides you with a preview of what you will learn in the next hour.

Key Terms

colon commands The vicommands that begin with a colon, usually used for file manipulation.

escape sequence An unprintable sequence of characters that usually specifies that your terminal take a specific action, such as clearing the screen.

replace mode A mode of vi in which any characters you type replace those already in the file.

Exercises

1:	What does the following command do? :1,5 s/kitten/puppy
2:	What do these commands do? 15i?ESCh i15?ESCh i?ESC15h
3:	What would happen if you were to use the following startup flags? vi ...