vim

Vi IMproved - Enhanced text editor.

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Verified: 2025-09-22

Syntax

$vim [OPTIONEN] [DATEI]

Examples

$vim datei.txt

$vimtutor

Typical use cases

Standard usage

vim --help

Note Powerful modal editor. For beginners: nano.

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