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Open a list of files in VIM using separate terminal windows

Not that useful really, more novel. Can open up an awful lot of terminal windows.
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find . -name "*.java" -exec gnome-terminal \-x vim {} \;

root · 2009-02-10 09:38:04 41
read txt or txt.gz files

Works at lest with .gz .bz2 .tar.gz .tar.bz2
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vim txt.gz

Aparicio · 2010-09-03 01:54:05 5
Backup a file before editing it.

Some people put spaces in filenames. Others have an $EDITOR environment variable set. This defaults to vim, but you can use whatever you wish: emacs, nano, ed, butterflies, etc.
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sedit() { cp "$*"{,.bk}; which $EDITOR > /dev/null && $EDITOR "$*" || vim "$*"; }

kaedenn · 2011-08-16 18:28:22 5
The single most useful thing in bash

This allows you to search through your history using the up and down arrows ? i.e. type "cd /" and press the up arrow and you'll search through everything in your history that starts with "cd /". Show Sample Output
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```
# copy/paste 
"\e[A": history-search-backward
"\e[B": history-search-forward
set show-all-if-ambiguous on
set completion-ignore-case on
```
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vim ~/.inputrc

ekinertac · 2013-04-23 02:50:11 5
Open a file using vim in read only (like less)
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vim -R /etc/passwd

techie · 2013-05-09 08:28:32 7
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