vi starts and loads the last file used andmoves the cursor to the position where vi was when it last exited.

vi starts and requires the user to explicitly either create a new or load an existing file.

vi exits with an error message as it cannot be invoked without a file name to operate on.

vi starts in command mode and opens a new empty file.

vi starts and opens a new file which is filled with the content of the vi buffer if the buffer contains text.

The command’s output is redirected to/dev/null.

The result of the command defines if the next command will be run.

Thecommand is run in background of the current shell.

The command is run as a direct child of theinitprocess.

/dev/hda1

/dev/sda2

/dev/sd0a2

/dev/sd1p2