Hi,
why would you use vi and not vim? Vim is better! : P
if you can access the machine over ssh you can edit a file on the remote
host using this special path when opening it:
vim scp://username at host//path/to/file/on/remote/host/filename.extension
or if you've already opened vim you can edit it by typing
:edit scp://username at host//path/to/file/on/remote/host/filename.extension
remember to write the file in order to save it, you do it by typing
:w
or
:w filename
Cheers
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Johan Vermeulen
<jvermeulen at cawdekempen.be>wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I'm trying to use vi commands instead of using the mouse.
>
> I open Gnome-Terminal
>
> I open a file : vi /home/jvermeulen/.ssh/id_dsa.pub
>
> I select the key with " V " ( visual line )
>
> I type " y " to yank the selected line.
>
> I can now use
> :e otherfile.txt
> and paste the text in otherfile.txt
>
> This is the only way I succeed in copying text to another file in
> Gnome-Terminal of xterm.
>
> But how can I copy text to a file on a remote machine?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> --
> Johan Vermeulen
> IT-medewerker
> Caw De Kempen
> johan.vermeulen at cawdekempen.be
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