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vi - full circle
I started doing Solaris training in the early 1990s - it seems an age ago (probably because it is an age ago!) and one of the courses we did was an "Introduction to Solaris" course which ran for 2 days and had a quarter day or so on the vi editor. With the takeoff of our Perl and Java courses in the late 1990s, I gave up the contract Solaris training simply because there weren't enough weeks in the year and thought I was done with teaching vi. We're now moving to a time where many web site owners are moving up from using shared space on ISP machines to running their own servers, typically Linux based, and typically based away from the site owner's desk - indeed, we have just bought such a system ourselves. With such a system comes the need to know how to look after a Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl / PHP system (LAMP) and I find myself teaching LAMP Deployment courses. It's almost like things have gone full circle; people need to be able to remote-edit (perhaps just tiny changes) configuration files. And what else to use but vi? Once again, I find myself teaching vi - though this time a "micro-vi" introduction of a bare minimum of commands, in a session that runs for about half an hour. If you're interested, I've put the text on line in our solution centre (written 2004-10-04, updated 2006-06-05) Associated topics are indexed under A101 - Web Application Deployment - Linux -An Introduction For Users[3819] Packing a tar, jar or war file - best practise - (2012-07-26) [3791] The Kernel, Shells and Daemons. Greek Gods in computing - (2012-07-01) [3256] Displaying a directory or file system tree - Linux - (2011-04-22) [3179] Oops - I typed ci not vi, and have lost my file ... - (2011-02-21) [2831] Recording (a macro) in vi - (2010-06-27) [2636] Linux - useful tips including history and file name completion - (2010-02-15) [2494] Making Linux Politically correct - (2009-11-06) [2479] Accidentally typed ci rather than vi? - (2009-10-27) [2300] What does x on a linux directory mean? - (2009-07-21) [2299] How much space does my directory take - Linux - (2009-07-20) [2203] Always use su with minus. And where do programs come from? - (2009-05-27) [2201] Running straight from the jar, but not from a tar - (2009-05-26) [1904] Ruby, Perl, Linux, MySQL - some training notes - (2008-11-23) [1902] sstrwxrwxrwx - Unix and Linux file permissions - (2008-11-23) [1897] Keeping on an even keel - (2008-11-21) [1893] Some Linux and Unix tips - (2008-11-18) [1803] FTP passive mode - a sometimes cure for upload hangs - (2008-09-20) [1764] Yank and Push - copy and move in vi - (2008-08-21) [1651] ls command - favourite options - (2008-05-23) [1527] Selecting file names in a shell - one word or another - (2008-02-02) [1438] Copy and paste / cut and paste and other vi techniques - (2007-11-20) [1408] Wireless hotel tips - FTP and Skype connections failing - (2007-10-26) [1366] awk - a powerful data extraction and manipulation tool - (2007-09-25) [1288] Linux run states, shell special commands, and directory structures - (2007-08-03) [1287] Work and play at Well House Manor - Football and Shell Shortcuts - (2007-08-02) [1259] Where am I and how did I get here? - (2007-07-05) [1068] ls -l report, Linux / Unix - types and permssions - (2007-02-06) [1013] Copy multiple files - confusing error message from cp - (2006-12-30) [1012] Moving files between Windows / DOS and Linux / Unix - (2006-12-30) [984] Cardinal numbers and magic numbers - (2006-12-14) [749] Cottage industry or production line data handling methods - (2006-06-07) [711] THE home directory or MY home directory - (2006-05-06) [710] Linux training Glasgow, Python programming course Dundee - (2006-05-05) [703] Copying files and preserving ownership - (2006-04-28) [679] More or less on the edge of the page - (2006-04-11) [659] Web Application Components - (2006-03-28) [593] Finding where the disc space has gone - (2006-02-06) [431] File permissions of Linux and Unix systems - (2005-08-31) [430] Linux commands - some basics - (2005-08-31) [249] An easy way out - (2005-03-17) [152] Aladdin, or careful what you wish. - (2004-12-15) [74] pushd and popd - (2004-10-05) 22fc
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