How to edit a text file in my terminal

Question

I'm using Linux mint and using the vi command to create text files, now that I created a text file and saved it. How do I get back into to edit the text file again?

vi helloWorld.txt

Answer 1

Try this command:

sudo gedit helloWorld.txt 

it, will open up a text editor to edit your file.

OR

sudo nano helloWorld.txt 

Here, you can edit your file in the terminal window.

Answer 2

Open the file again using vi. and then press " i " or press insert key ,

For save and quit

  Enter Esc     

and write the following command

  :wq 

without save and quit

  :q!