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Kiran Kumar Kotari
Kiran Kumar Kotari

Reputation: 1160

Alternative command for Vi/Cat in Windows 7

In Unix/Linux we are having vi & cat command to view or edit a file. There are any alternative command to view/edit a file in windows command prompt.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 11817

Answers (3)

Priyadharsini
Priyadharsini

Reputation: 73

For Windows, To view the filename use, Type filename

Upvotes: 0

DavidPostill
DavidPostill

Reputation: 7921

Cygwin is a large collection of GNU and Open Source tools which provide functionality similar to a Linux distribution on Windows.

It includes both cat and vi.

It is possible to select which parts of Cygwin to install. See Installing and Updating Cygwin Packages for more instructions.

Upvotes: 1

Lalit Jawale
Lalit Jawale

Reputation: 1246

There is a edit on windows but it doesn't work on 64Bit machine. So alternate solution is given below.

Just download vim for windows from Here (direct download link), on the installation it will ask if you want to create shortcuts for calling it from the command line. Then you can just vim

Upvotes: 1

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