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Edit file |
vi [file] |
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Recover edit session |
vi -r [file] |
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Eliminate @ lines |
"CTRL/R" |
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Repaint current screen |
"CTRL/L" |
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Beginning of current line |
O or ^ |
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Beginning of first screen line |
H or [[ |
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Beginning of last screen line |
L or ]] |
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Beginning of middle screen line |
M |
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Down one line |
j, "Return", + |
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End of current line |
$ |
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Left one character |
h, "CTRL/H" |
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Left to beginning of word |
b or B |
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Right one character |
l, "Space" |
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Right to end of word |
e, E |
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Right to beginning of word |
w or W |
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Up one line |
k or - |
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Beginning of next sentence |
) |
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Beginning of previous sentence |
( |
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Back one screen |
"CTRL/B" |
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Down half screen |
"CTRL/D" |
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Forward one screen |
"CTRL/F" |
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Forward to end of file |
G |
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Move cursor to specified line* |
line no. G |
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Up half screen |
"CTRL/U" |
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Backward for pattern |
?pattern |
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Forward for pattern |
/pattern |
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Repeat pattern serach |
n |
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Reverse direction of search |
N |
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Append text after cursor |
a |
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Append text after end of line |
A |
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Insert text before cursor |
i |
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Insert text at beginning of line |
I |
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Open new line after current line |
o |
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Open new line before current line |
O |
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Take next char literally & display |
"CTRL/W" |
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Change current word |
cw or cW |
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Change current line (cursor to end) |
C |
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Delete character (cursor forward)* |
x |
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Delete character (before cursor)* |
X |
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Delete word* |
dw or dW |
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Delete line* |
dd |
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Delete text to end of line |
D |
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Duplicate text |
(use yank and put) |
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Join current line with next line* |
J |
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Move text |
(use delete and put) |
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Put buffer text after/below cursor |
p |
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Put buffer text before/above cursor |
P |
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Repeat last modification command |
. |
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Replace current character* |
r |
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Replace text to end of line |
R |
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Substitute text for character* |
s |
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Undo your previous command |
u |
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Transpose characters |
xp |
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Yank(copy) word to buffer* |
yw |
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Yank(copy) current line to buffer* |
Y |
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Overwrite last character |
"DELETE" |
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Overwirte last word |
"CTRL/W" |
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Quit (no changes made) |
:q! |
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Quit and save changes |
ZZ or :wq! |
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Quit and discard changes |
:q! |
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Copy specified lines+ |
:co or t |
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Display number of each text line |
:set nu |
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Move lines after specified line+ |
:m |
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Read file in after specified line+ |
:r file |
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Review current editor options |
:set |
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Review editor options |
:set all |
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Set new editor option |
:set option |
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Write changes to original file+ |
:w |
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Write changes to specified file+ |
:w file |
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Write (overwirtes) to existing file+ |
:w! file |
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