Working with Vim in CentOS

Learning Objectives

Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:

Put the Lines in a-b-c-d Order

Using the dd and p commands in Vim, move the lines around until the poem looks like this:

a) Roses are red,
b) Violets are blue,
c) Pinehead is learning,
d) Can you learn too?

Remove the Lines That Don’t Belong

Using the dd command, remove lines 2, 4, and 5 so that the poem looks like this:

1)  Roses are red,
3)  Violets are blue,
6)  Sugar is sweet
7)  And so are you.

Insert the Current Date and Time into the File without Exiting Vim

With the vimlab file open, press Escape followed by:

:! date

This will run the date command. Copy the output, hit enter, and paste it into the open file. It should look similar to:

3rd task

Mon Mar  2 00:00:00 CST 2020