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                 |  | UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4517- July 24, 2025
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 : Today's Tip Unix Tip #4517- July 24, 2025
 
 
SPLIT SCREEN EDITING 
You can split screen
 into multiple windows
 in vi.
 
 (Depending on your
 version of VI)
 
 TO create the empty
 window enter the
 command:
 
 :new
 
 TO move between the
 screens use the
 commands:
 
 To Move to lower window
 j
 
 Move to upper window
 k
 
 TO make the current
 window the only window
 on the screen closing
 all other windows,
 use:
 
 :only
 
 
 VIM supports this
 feature and can be
 found at: http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/vim/
 
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