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1. Bash supports both Vi mode and Emacs mode. The default is Emacs mode. You can turn on the Vim mode by set -o vi in .bashrc.

export EDITOR=vim

A better way is to use ctrl+x ctrl+e

And if you need previous command, you can read them into vim using :r ! tail -20 ~/.bash_history

tail -n 20 ~/.bash_history | egrep -v '^#'

References

How do I edit current shell command in VI https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/88515/how-do-i-edit-current-shell-command-in-vi

Recall the Previous Command or Its Arguments in Bash https://www.baeldung.com/linux/bash-recall-previous-command

After years of bash, I actually found a shortcut I never heard about.

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/13q4l4s/after_years_of_bash_i_actually_found_a_shortcut_i/

Edit any command line in vim https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/9atgsj/edit_any_command_line_in_vim/