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When editing text files, you might want to know the total number of words in the document. Sometimes you would want to count the number of a specific word. If you are using the vim or vi editor, then you can easily count the words using one of the following commands. count total number of words If you want to…
If you are using the vi or vim editor to browse code (or any text for that matter), then quite often you would want to find the matching parenthesis to determine the scope of the enclosing brackets. Most modern editors such as gvim or vim has the ability to automatically highlight the matching parenthesis when the cursor is on a…
The vi or vim editor is the popular and feature rich editor for editing text files in Linux. You can go to a particular line in the editor in several ways depending on where you are accessing it from. from the command line If you are opening a file from the command line, and you want the cursor at a…
If you use vi or vim editor to edit text files, then you should be aware of the different text manipulation commands that exist in the editor. One of the common actions you will perform is the deletion of a single line or the deletion of multiple lines of text from with in the editor. Let’s see the various ways…
