Working in vi editor on ec2 server

Question

Can you please help me using vi editor for programming

How to close the window, saving the content of opened page. // I use Esc wq: but it keep open the window
Deleting selected content
going to direct line // Esq /. any other way
Opening new file in same window without closing older one

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 11 '13 at 17:20

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How to close the window, saving the content of opened page. // I use Esc wq: but it keep open the window

 ESC + :wq

Deleting selected content

how do you select content in VI ? to delete a line, press dd. To delete 2 lines, press 2dd... so on and so forth

going to direct line // Esq /. any other way

ESC + :120

above combination will take you to line no. 120. OR run below command:

vi +120 file_name

Opening new file in same window without closing older one

ESC + :split new_file_name

sorry for the formatting of this post.

answered Nov 11 '13 at 17:20

slayedbylucifer

deleting file I could not understand – Nov 11 '13 at 17:46
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Deleting file? I did not mention anything with respect to deleting file. I think you want to know how to delete lines. – slayedbylucifer Nov 12 '13 at 04:15
yes I mean deleting line. or group of line. And also can you please tell me how to get number of current line where cursor is? – Nov 12 '13 at 04:38
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to delete a line, take your cursor on that line and press `dd`. to delete two lines press `2dd` so on. TO get the line numbers, `ESC + :set nu`, this will display the line numbers. – slayedbylucifer Nov 12 '13 at 04:39
@slayedbylucifer: is it possible to undu the change? – user123 Nov 12 '13 at 05:01
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To undo, `ESC + :u`. press `u` multiple times to undo multiple changes. – slayedbylucifer Nov 12 '13 at 05:28

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