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    The document provides an overview of vi text editor commands for loading and saving files, navigating and editing text, searching, substituting text, and setting parameters. It describes vi's three modes of operation and how commands are used to insert, delete, change, or yank text. Special commands allow undoing/redoing edits, reading/writing files, and customizing vi settings.

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    The document provides an overview of vi text editor commands for loading and saving files, navigating and editing text, searching, substituting text, and setting parameters. It describes vi's three modes of operation and how commands are used to insert, delete, change, or yank text. Special commands allow undoing/redoing edits, reading/writing files, and customizing vi settings.

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    The document provides an overview of vi text editor commands for loading and saving files, navigating and editing text, searching, substituting text, and setting parameters. It describes vi's three modes of operation and how commands are used to insert, delete, change, or yank text. Special commands allow undoing/redoing edits, reading/writing files, and customizing vi settings.

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    Basic

    Introduction to vi (Loading and Saving files)


     Modes of Operation  vi [filename] - start vi ( edit filename)
    :
     vi +[number, /string] - begin with start line, first matching
    ESC
    Input Command Last Line
    mode mode mode string, relatively
    Insert, Append, Replace … Enter
     :e filename - edit filename
     The Work Buffer  :q - terminate vi without saving
     During the editing session, vi make all changes in the buffer  :q! - terminate vi, leave file unchanged
     :w - save edited file, stay in vi
     :r filename - read in text in filename

    Command mode - Moving the Cursor Input Mode


     l,h,j,k - move right, left, down, up  i - insert before the cursor
     w,b,e - move right one, left one, to end of word  a - append after the cursor
     W,B,E - equivalent above except the space delimited word  o - insert the text on a new line after the current line
     -,Enter - move start of upper line, start of next line  r - replace the current one character, automatically return to
     ^,$ - move start of line, end of line command mode
     <crtl>+u,d,b,f - move screen one half-page up, one half  I - insert the text at start of line
    page down, one page up, one page down in text  A - insert the text at end of line
     H,M,L - move left end of top, middle line, bottom line  O - insert the text on a new line before the current line
     G - move to last line  R - overwrite all character until press <ESC>
     nG - move to nth line  <ESC> - return to command mode

    Command mode - Deleting text Command mode - Changing text


     x - delete the character under the cursor  cw - change to end of word
     dw - delete to the of word  cb - change to begin of word
     dW - delete to end of space delimited word  cW - change to end of space delimited word
     D - delete to end of line  cB - change to begin of space delimited word
     dd - delete the current line  cc - change the current line
     u - undo the last change made
     U - restore current line to previous state

    1
    Searching for a String Substituting One String for Another
     The Search Commands
     /xxx - search forward for text string xxx  [address]s/search-string/replace-string[/g]
     ?xxx - search backward for text string xxx  address
     / - repeat search forwards
     ? - repeat search backwards  number - line number
     n - repeat search in same direction  77,100 - line 77 through 100
     N - repeat search in opposite direction
     1, . - the beginning of the work buffer through the current line
     Special Characters in Search Strings
     ^ - the beginning-of-line indicator  .,$ - the current line through the end of work buffer
     $ - the end-of-line indicator  1,$ - the entire work buffer
     . - the any character indicator
     \> - the end-of-word indicator  % - the entire work buffer
     \< - the beginning-of-word indicator  .,.+10 - the current line through the tenth following line
     [ ] - the character class definition

    Miscellaneous Commands The Put, Delete and Yank Commands


     J - join command  The General Purpose Buffer
     <ctrl>-g - status command (line number of current line,  Store the text that you most recently changed, deleted and
    total number of line) yanked.
     End line mode - :f  Undo command uses the general purpose buffer when it
    restores text
     . - period command (repeat the most recent command that
    made a change)  y - yank command
     yy,Y - yank the current line
     ~ - tilde command (change between lowercase and
     nyy, nY - yank the n line from current line
    uppercase)
     p - paste the text on a new line after the current line
     P - paste the text on a new line above the current line

    Reading and Writing Files Setting Parameters


     Setting Parameters in a Startup File
     Read Command
     Bourne and Korn shell - .profile
     :[address]r [filename] EXINIT = ‘set param1 param2 …’
     Write Command export EXINIT
     C shell - .login
     :[address]w[!] [filename] - overwrite mode
    setenv EXINIT = ‘set param1 param2 …’
     :[address]w>>filename - append mode  .exrc
     address - the same as substitution command set param1 param2 …
     Parameters
     :set all - show all parameter
     number, nonumber - show line number, hide line number
     wrapmargin=nn - break the line by inserting <newline> character at
    the closest blank delimited word boundary
     nn - the number of character from the right side of the screen

    2
    Setting Parameters Units of Measure
     Parameters (Cont.)  Character
     Shell[=pathname]
     showmode, noshowmode - give a cue to let you know when vi is in  Word - <space>, <tab>,<newline>, numeral, punctuation
    Input Mode marks
     flash, noflash - beep when give invalid command or press <ESC> in
    Command Mode  Line - <newline>
     ignorecase, noignorecase - ignore case in search  Sentence - period, exclamation point, question mark,
     magic, nomagic - special characters in search strings have no special
    meanings (except ^, $) followed by two <space> or a <newline>
     list, nolist - show <TAB> -> ^I, end of line -> $  Paragraph - blank line
     wrapscan, nowrapscan
     autoindent, noautoindent  Screen
     shiftwidth=nn

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