vi
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Vi
vi editing a temporary, empty file. Tildes signify lines not present in the file.
Developed by
Bill Joy
Genre
text editor
vi is a screen-oriented text editor written by Bill Joy in 1976 for an early BSD release.
The name vi is derived from the shortest unambiguous abbreviation for the command visual in ex; the command in question switches the line editor ex to visual mode. The name vi is pronounced /'vi?'a?/,[1] or /va?/.[2]
Current releases of vi are free and open source software, usually released under permissive free software licenses such as the BSD License.
