I\'m new to vim and UNIX and have a couple questions: From your current director

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I'm new to vim and UNIX and have a couple questions:

From your current directory how do you copy over a java file named fubar from a folder three directories above? Write the full command required to perform this action.

What do you type on the command line to display more information about a Unix command? For example, how do you look up more information about Unix command, cat?

From your current directory, how do you remove all html files in your home directory?

What is the difference between :q and :q! when using the commands to close a vim file?

How do you quickly skip to the end of a file with single command without knowing how many lines the file has?

Explanation / Answer

3. cd /

rm *.html

4. :q Quit Vim. This fails when changes have been made.

:q! Quit without writing.

5. $

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