How do I turn off the colors in vi or vim Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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Release Found: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, all versions

Problem

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the vi text editor is aliased to vim, an enhanced version of vi. Some people do not like the colors and highlighting of vim and want it to look like the old vi.

Solution

The easiest way to fi...

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