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    This document provides an overview of commands for the vi text editor, including commands for general startup, cursor movement, screen movement, inserting text, deleting text, copying code, finding text, and more. It also briefly outlines ex commands for reading and writing files, moving within files, and shell escapes.

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    This document provides an overview of commands for the vi text editor, including commands for general startup, cursor movement, screen movement, inserting text, deleting text, copying code, finding text, and more. It also briefly outlines ex commands for reading and writing files, moving within files, and shell escapes.

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    vi Editor Commands

    Quick links...
    General Startup
    Counts
    Cursor Movement
    Screen Movement
    Inserting
    Deleting
    Copying Code
    Put Command
    Find Commands
    Miscellaneous Commands
    Line Editor Mode
    ex Commands
    Substitutions
    Reading Files
    Write File
    Moving
    Shell Escape

    General Startup
    To use vi: vi filename
    To exit vi and save changes: ZZ or :wq
    To exit vi without saving changes: :q!
    To enter vi command mode: [esc]

    Counts

    A number preceding any vi command tells vi to repeat


    that command that many times.

    Cursor Movement
    h

    move left (backspace)

    move down

    move up

    move right (spacebar)

    [return]

    move to the beginning of the next line

    last column on the current line

    move cursor to the first column on the


    current line

    move cursor to first nonblank column on the


    current line

    move to the beginning of the next word or


    punctuation mark

    move past the next space

    move to the beginning of the previous word


    or punctuation mark

    move to the beginning of the previous word,


    ignores punctuation

    end of next word or punctuation mark

    end of next word, ignoring punctuation

    move cursor to the top of the screen

    move cursor to the middle of the screen

    move cursor to the bottom of the screen

    Screen Movement
    G

    move to the last line in the file

    xG

    move to line x

    z+

    move current line to top of screen

    move current line to the middle of screen

    z-

    move current line to the bottom of screen

    ^F

    move forward one screen

    ^B

    move backward one line

    ^D

    move forward one half screen

    ^U

    move backward one half screen

    ^R

    redraw screen
    ( does not work with VT100 type terminals )

    ^L

    redraw screen
    ( does not work with Televideo terminals )

    Inserting
    r

    replace character under cursor with next


    character typed

    keep replacing character until [esc] is hit

    insert before cursor

    append after cursor

    append at end of line

    open line above cursor and enter append mode

    Deleting
    x

    delete character under cursor

    dd

    delete line under cursor

    dw

    delete word under cursor

    db

    delete word before cursor

    Copying Code
    yy

    (yank)'copies' line which may then be put by


    the p(put) command. Precede with a count for
    multiple lines.

    Put Command
    brings back previous deletion or yank of lines,
    words, or characters
    P

    bring back before cursor

    bring back after cursor

    Find Commands
    ?

    finds a word going backwards

    finds a word going forwards

    finds a character on the line under the

    cursor going forward


    F

    finds a character on the line under the


    cursor going backwards

    find a character on the current line going


    forward and stop one character before it

    find a character on the current line going


    backward and stop one character before it

    repeat last f, F, t, T

    Miscellaneous Commands
    .

    repeat last command

    undoes last command issued

    undoes all commands on one line

    xp

    deletes first character and inserts after


    second (swap)

    join current line with the next line

    ^G

    display current line number

    if at one parenthesis, will jump to its mate

    mx

    mark current line with character x

    'x

    find line marked with character x

    NOTE: Marks are internal and not written to the file.

    Line Editor Mode


    Any commands form the line editor ex can be issued
    upon entering line mode.

    To enter: type ':'


    To exit: press[return] or [esc]

    ex Commands
    For a complete list consult the
    UNIX Programmer's Manual

    READING FILES
    copies (reads) filename after cursor in file
    currently editing
    :r filename

    WRITE FILE
    :w

    saves the current file without quitting

    :#

    move to line #

    :$

    move to last line of file

    MOVING

    SHELL ESCAPE
    executes 'cmd' as a shell command.
    :!'cmd'

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