I agree. In fact, vi is a standard UNIX utility - see the POSIX-1.2008 specification: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/vi.html#tag_20

I agree. In fact, vi is a standard UNIX utility - see the POSIX-1.2008 specification: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/vi.html#tag_20_152 http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/vi... vim is the most popular implementation of vi, with lots of added bells and whistles I'd say learn vi first; then learn the vim bells and whistles. I have resources for learning vi at http://www.verticalsysadmin.com/vi.htm http://www.verticalsysadmin.com/vi.htm I'm really into improving efficiency and I enjoy teaching people how to use vi. The class materials are publicly available and are based on Bill Joy's original paper introducing vi: Basic vi: http://www.verticalsysadmin.com/vi/class/ http://www.verticalsysadmin.com/vi/class/ Advanced vi: http://www.verticalsysadmin.com/vi/class/advanced.html http://www.verticalsysadmin.com/vi/class/advanced.html My next vi class will be in Columbus, Ohio at Ohio Linux Fest in a couple of weeks (http://ohiolinux.org/olfi2012/classes/editing-with-vi http://ohiolinux.org/olfi2012/classes/editing-with-vi)