terminal

Welcome to Linux Practice Terminal!

Type "help" to see available commands.

user@linux:~$

Introduction to Vim

Learn how to open, navigate, and exit the Vim text editor.

Step 1

First, create a practice file to work with.

Type: echo 'Hello World' > practice.txt

echo 'Hello World' > practice.txt

Step 2

Open the file with vim. Inside vim, press Esc then type :q and press Enter to quit without changes.

Step 3

Verify the file is unchanged after quitting vim.

Step 4

Open the file again. This time, press i to enter INSERT mode, add some text, then press Esc and type :wq to save and quit.

Step 5

Check if your changes were saved.