Part One

  • The task I chose to do was changing the name of the start parameter and all its uses to base.
  • The entire sequence was /star<Enter>cebase<Esc>vbynvepvbynvey:w<Enter>. It’s 30 characters, right at the max limit 😬😬😳

  1. First, I used /star<Enter> to find the first instance of start. I skipped writing the ‘t’ to save myself a character 😼

  2. Then, I used ce to delete the word.

  3. Then, i typed base where start used to be and did <Esc>vb to select all of base. I saved it to the clipboard by pressing y.

  4. Then, I pressed n to get to the next instance of start.

  5. Then, I used ve to select the word.

  6. Then, I used p to paste in base, effectively replacing start with base. I also did vby to select base and save it to the clipboard again. It’s slightly annoying that using p to replace the highlighted selection seems to copy what you highlighted…

  7. I then did a similar procedure with the last instance of start that needed to be replaced. I pressed n to go to the word, ve to select it, and y to paste in base to replace it.

  8. Finally, I did :w<Enter> to save the changes.

And we are done!

Part Two

  • When I edited the file on VSCode, used scp to copy it over, and ran test.sh, it took me 10.4 seconds. The hardest thing about this method is being patient with scp!

  • When I started with an ssh session, edited the file in vim and ran it using test.sh, it took me 9.3 seconds. The hardest thing about this method is being comfotable with vim!

  • If I was running something remotely, I would probably use VSCode or any IDE and scp it over, since having an IDE environment can be so useful. There’s so many things I wouldn’t catch if I didn’t have an IDE to underline it for me.
  • If it was a smaller task/a quick fix, I would probably use vim. It’s pretty simple to quickly get stuff done on vim if you are comfortable with it, and you won’t have to worry about waiting on scp.

The choice of method depends a lot on the task at hand!