---
title: "Command Line Basics: More Editing with Vi/Vim"
url: "/articles/command-line-basics-more-editing-with-vivim"
type: article
date: 2010-08-31
updated: 2019-01-11
---

# Command Line Basics: More Editing with Vi/Vim

#  Command Line Basics: More Editing with Vi/Vim 

 Replace text, copy/paste, and visual mode

 By

 [  Addison Berry   ](/about/addison-berry) 

 August 31, 2010

  

This video picks up where we left off in the [Editing with Vi/Vim video](https://www.lullabot.com/articles/command-line-basics-editing-with-vivim). This time we take a look at some shortcuts for replacing text, how to copy/paste, and the cool visual mode feature you get with Vim.

 

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