I use iTerm2 in place of the default Terminal on MacOS or OSX. I was working on a project that has some Debian Stretch VM’s in Google Cloud, so I was logged into those VM’s via SSH using iTerm2. On previous operating systems I would SSH into using iTerm2 I had been able to simply…
Changing the default text editor to vi on Ubuntu is fairly easy however it may be tricky depending on how it has been set since there are numerous ways. In BackTrack Linux for instance the default editor is set using select-editor so if you follow another Ubuntu Linux howto it may tell you to modify…
Recently I was contracted to do some work for a new client that had around 25 CentOS Linux and Ubuntu Linux servers. The client needed various system administration tasks completed such as updating the servers, modifying a couple scripts that performed automated tasks, and a couple other basic tasks. I typically use vi to modify…
I recently started using the Vim editor again. It used to be my favorite because of all the great plugins. I have been getting lazy the past year and have been using nano but recently I had to work on a few systems which only had vim and I was not able to install another…
As anyone knows from my previous posts I have been giving Ubuntu 10.04 a test drive and so far I am pretty happy with it. I have been spending most of my time configuring the various small things I prefer in Linux. One of those things is I like to have vi as my default…
My Linux distribution of choice is CentOS so that is where I typically spend time. Recently though I have been working for a project that runs on a Gentoo Linux server. So far I really like Gentoo though there are some things that I am used to that are totally different. One minor issues I…
In the process of troubleshooting a problem with mysqldump I was viewing MySQL backups using Notepad++. I typically view and edit large files using Linux with vi however in this scenario it was more convenient to view the files quickly from a Windows laptop using Notepad++. The first couple of backups were between 50MB and…
The power of the Unix command vi never ceases to amaze me. I have known how to search and replace easily using vi for a long time however I didn’t know how to find and replace plus insert a line break during the replace. After toying around with vi for awhile I was able to…
To display the line numbers when editing a file with vi simply type the following during the edit. [quickcode:noclick]:se nu[/quickcode] Once line numbers are set then to remove the listing of numbers down the left hand column type the following. [quickcode:noclick]:se nu![/quickcode] VI Example: Displaying Line Numbers Useful VI references.