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UGU: Unix Guru Universe - Unix Tip #4549- August 25, 2025
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 Unix Tip #4549- August 25, 2025
 
MORE AND VI OR MORE VI  
  
To edit a file after looking at it with "more"  
Press the letter "v" key and you will be placed  
in a vi session.  
  
Quitting the vi session will bring you back  
to viewing the file with the "more" command  
  
This will not work with piping a file to "more".  
  
This works:  
  
$ more /etc/hosts  
  
This does not:  
  
$ cat /etc/hosts | more  
  
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