Quick Vim Setup on AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux / RHEL 9

[Murali Krishna]

Quick Vim Setup on AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux / RHEL 9

If you've just installed a fresh server and want a better editing experience with Vim, this one-liner will:

• Install Vim Enhanced
• Make vi use Vim automatically
• Enable syntax highlighting
• Show line numbers
• Improve search functionality
• Enable auto-indent
• Create a backup directory

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dnf -y install vim-enhanced && 
echo "alias vi='vim'" >> ~/.bashrc && 
source ~/.bashrc && 
mkdir -p ~/backup && 
cat > ~/.vimrc <<'EOF'
set nocompatible
set encoding=utf-8
set fileencodings=utf-8
set fileformats=unix,dos
set backup
set backupdir=~/backup
set history=50
set ignorecase
set smartcase
set hlsearch
set incsearch
set number
set showmatch
set autoindent
syntax on
highlight Comment ctermfg=LightCyan
set wrap
EOF

After running it, open any shell script with:

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vi script.sh

You'll get syntax highlighting, line numbers, search highlighting, and a much more comfortable editing experience compared to the default vi.