Vim or vi is a text editor. It can be used to edit all kinds of
plain text. It is especially useful for editing programs or
UNIX/Linux configuration files.Turn on syntax highlighting:
Open file (for example test.sh):$ vi test.shNow
press ESC key to enter into command mode then type ” :
syntax on OR syn on”:syntax
onOR:syn onThat’s it.. the
color syntax highlighting will be enabled until you close that
file (useful when you working on server where you can’t enable it
permanently because of restriction and not having desired access
of .vimrc file.)
Turn off syntax highlighting:
Press ESC key to enter into command mode then type “: syntax off
OR syn off”:syntax offOR: syn
off
Enable color syntax highlighting permanently:
You may need to add "syntax on" (or "syn on") in your
$HOME/.vimrc file$ vi …
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