The Digital Research Initiative
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Part Two

Editors: Pico, Emacs, and Vi

Most UNIX text editors share the following traits:

To run a text editor, simply enter its name at the UNIX prompt and it opens with a new, empty file. To edit a specific text file, enter the name of the text editor followed by a space and the name of the file. (For example, to edit "index.html" in Vi, enter vi index.html at the UNIX prompt.).

Here are some tutorials to help you with Pico, Emacs, and Vi:


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