The variants of the vi editor are found in a vast array of POSIX systems, and kn...

The variants of the vi editor are found in a vast array of POSIX systems, and knowledge of it is invaluable for these platforms.

There is a well-known tutor file that will teach the basic use of vi. On the RedHat 9 family, this is the manual page:

  $ rpm -ql vim-common | grep tutor | grep man/man1
  /usr/share/man/man1/gvimtutor.1.gz
  /usr/share/man/man1/vimtutor.1.gz

Loading Oracle Linux 9 into the WSL subsystem on Windows will bring in this RPM.

  C:\Users\bofh\>wsl.exe -l -o
  The following is a list of valid distributions that can be installed.
  The default distribution is denoted by '*'.
  Install using 'wsl --install -d <Distro>'.

    NAME                                   FRIENDLY NAME
  * Ubuntu                                 Ubuntu
    Debian                                 Debian GNU/Linux
    kali-linux                             Kali Linux Rolling
    Ubuntu-18.04                           Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    Ubuntu-20.04                           Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    Ubuntu-22.04                           Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
    OracleLinux_7_9                        Oracle Linux 7.9
    OracleLinux_8_7                        Oracle Linux 8.7
    OracleLinux_9_1                        Oracle Linux 9.1
    openSUSE-Leap-15.5                     openSUSE Leap 15.5
    SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-15-SP4    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
    SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-15-SP5           SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP5
    openSUSE-Tumbleweed                    openSUSE Tumbleweed