NACSE - vi Command Summary

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vi Command Summary

MOVEMENT - moving the cursor and scrolling the screen
CHANGES - making changes to text
COPY and PASTE

: Arrow keys to move cursor.
h j k l: Same as arrow keys above.
w: Move forward one WORD.
b: Move BACK one word.
e: Move to END of word.
^ u: Scroll UP a partial screen.
^ d: Scroll DOWN a partial screen.
^ f: Scroll FORWARD a full screen (page down).
^ b: Scroll BACKWARD a full screen (page up).
-: Move up one line.
[ret]: Return, move down one line.
0 (zero): Move to BEGINNING of line.
$: Move to END of line.
G: Go to END of file.
n G: Go to line number n.





  vi SEARCH  
 /text  [RET] 
SEARCH for text. 
 /  [RET] 
CONTINUE search for previous text. 
 ?text 
Search backwards for text. 



  vi CHANGES  
 s 
SUBSTITUTE for character. 
 S 
SUBSTITUTE for line. 
 i text [Esc] 
INSERT text before cursor. 
 cw text [Esc] 
CHANGE word to text. 
 c3w text [Esc] 
Change 3 words to text. 
 C text [Esc] 
Change rest of line to text. 
 cc text [Esc] 
Change line to text. 
 x 
DELETE single character. 
 r  p 
REPLACE single character with p. 
 R text [esc] 
Replace (type over) characters with  text. 
 dw 
DELETE word (4dw deletes 4 words). 
 dd 
DELETE line (3dd deletes 3 lines). 
 D 
DELETE from cursor to end of line. 
 u 
UNDO last change (remember this one). 
 U 
UNDO all changes to line (don't forget this one). 
 s 
SUBSTITUTE character. 
 S  
SUBSTITUTE lines. 
 J  
JOIN lines.  
 a text  [Esc] 
ADD text after cursor. 
 A text [Esc] 
ADD text to end of line. 
 I text  [Esc] 
INSERT text at start of line. 
 o text [Esc] 
OPEN new line below with text. 
 O text  [Esc]: 
OPEN new line above with text. 
 esc, or ` 
END an insert, replace command. 



  vi SUBCOMMANDS  
 :w fname 
WRITE (save) fname  (default: to present file). 
 ZZ 
EXIT the editor, saving all changes (same as :wq). 
 :q! 
QUIT emphatically, do not save changes (! is your  
  
tool to insist; useful after messing up (also :w temp). 
 :e! 
Edit again previous file, i.e., revert to last saved  version. 
 :n 
Edit NEXT file (after vi file1 file2 ...). 
 :f  
Show current FILE name and cursor line number.  



  vi COPY and PASTE  
 Y [RET] 
YANK (copy) current line. 
 yy [RET] 
YANK (copy) current line. 
 yw 
YANK (copy) next word. 
 p 
PUT last thing yanked before cursor.  
 P 
PUT last thing yanked after cursor.  



 
     

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vi Command Summary

vi MOVEMENT (Figure 1.2)

vi SEARCH

vi CHANGES

vi SUBCOMMANDS

vi COPY and PASTE