vi is a fast, flexible, and powerful text editing program originally designed for the Unix environment. While vi can run on many operating systems, it is most commonly found and used on Unix and Linux platforms. Due to this ubiquity, the vi editor is a handy tool for everyone needing to create or modify text files in a number of environments. This workshop will introduce the basics of using vi to create, modify, and save text files in Unix.

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Participants will:

• create a new file in Unix using vi
• modify content in existing files
• insert contents from one file into another
• search for and replace text strings
• make quick changes to Web documents

The following workshops are suggested prerequisites to this workshop:

• Unix: The Basics
• XHTML: The Basics

Participants should already be able to:

• Manage files and directories in Unix
• Set file permissions in Unix
• Get Unix help
• Create a Web page using XHTML
• Structure your Web page for maximum efficiency and accessibility
• Add presentation style to your page
• Link to other Web pages