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[AMDave]

Checking over that instruction, I realise that "vi" is something that needs a little explanation.

IMHO it is the worlds best command line editor. And I am not being biased
vi takes little learning to become very usefull and just a lttle more allows you to meld it right into your system or application scripts.

Generally I use a short reference when looking up a vi reference for a reminder on something not often used, but I decided to look for something more general that gives an easy-to-understand tutorial on getting to know vi quickly and simply. To my surprise, some Hawaii dudes (Aloha!) come up with the nicest one I can find today:
Mastering the VI editor
This is an excellent intro to vi. It introduces the concepts and commands as you see it on screen. One of the best I have seen.

vi is extremely handy as a command line tool and once you are proficient at it you can quickly implement scripts to make it do things for you.