op 15-05-14 15:07, Lorenzo Andretta schreef: > 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@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@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 >> >> Powered by Linux. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hello Suomi en Lorenzo, thanks for the help. The syntax :editscp://username@host//path/to/file/on/remote/host/filename.extension is what I needed. Greetings, J.