vim

Vim is a configurable text editor.

Installation

No installation is needed. vim is part of the core package.

To run vim just enter the command:

vim

key	action
`:q!`	quit current buffer and discard any changes
`:w`	write to the current file
`:wq`	write the current file and exit

Q: How do you generate a random string?
A: Put a user in front of vi, and tell them to exit