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ex

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>