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vi not showing color syntax highlighting in Ubuntu Linux

1.0 Error The vi editor in Ubuntu Linux distribution is not showing color syntax highlighting in the edit window. 2.0 Solution vi is one of the original text editors of the UNIX operating system offering full screen text editing with excellent cursor movement, navigation, search, edit, copy, cut and paste capabilities. The equivalent program under …

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Using vimdiff

vimdiff works on two, three or four files, opens each file in a separate window and highlights the differences between the files. The files can be edited using the vim commands. vimdiff is a useful tool for finding the differences between different versions of a file and for resolving conflicts between file versions. vimdiff can …

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vi text editor in Linux

vi is a classic text editor that has been available with Unix systems right from the beginning. vi has been a very popular text editor and one can edit files very efficiently using it. In this tutorial, we look at some of the vi commands that make it such a powerful editor. Since vim (vi-improved) …

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