ex

Command-line text editor. See also: vim. More information: <https://www.vim.org>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/ex.sh
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S vi
Fedora
dnf install vim-minimal-2

Command-line text editor. See also: vim. More information: <https://www.vim.org>.

  • Open a file:
    ex path/to/file
  • Save and Quit:
    wq<Enter>
  • Undo the last operation:
    undo<Enter>
  • Search for a pattern in the file:
    /search_pattern<Enter>
  • Perform a regular expression substitution in the whole file:
    %s/regular_expression/replacement/g<Enter>
  • Insert text:
    i<Enter>text<C-c>
  • Switch to Vim:
    visual<Enter>

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