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    This document provides an overview of commands for the vi text editor. It lists and describes commands for general startup, cursor movement, screen movement, inserting, deleting, copying, finding, and more. Additional commands allow reading and writing files, moving around files, and escaping to the shell.

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    vi Editor Com m ands http://www.cs.rit.edu/~cslab/vi.

    htm l

    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)

    j move down

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    vi Editor Com m ands http://www.cs.rit.edu/~cslab/vi.htm l

    k move up

    l move right (spacebar)

    [return] move to the beginning of the next line

    $ last column on the current line

    0 move cursor to the first column on the


    current line

    ^ move cursor to first nonblank column on the


    current line

    w move to the beginning of the next word or


    punctuation mark

    W move past the next space

    b move to the beginning of the previous word


    or punctuation mark

    B move to the beginning of the previous word,


    ignores punctuation

    e end of next word or punctuation mark

    E end of next word, ignoring punctuation

    H move cursor to the top of the screen

    M move cursor to the middle of the screen

    L 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

    z 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

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    vi Editor Com m ands http://www.cs.rit.edu/~cslab/vi.htm l

    ^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

    R keep replacing character until [esc] is hit

    i insert before cursor

    a append after cursor

    A append at end of line

    O 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

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    vi Editor Com m ands http://www.cs.rit.edu/~cslab/vi.htm l

    P bring back before cursor

    p bring back after cursor

    Find Commands

    ? finds a word going backwards

    / finds a word going forwards

    f finds a character on the line under the


    cursor going forward

    F finds a character on the line under the


    cursor going backwards

    t find a character on the current line going


    forward and stop one character before it

    T 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

    u undoes last command issued

    U undoes all commands on one line

    xp deletes first character and inserts after


    second (swap)

    J 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.

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    vi Editor Com m ands http://www.cs.rit.edu/~cslab/vi.htm l

    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

    MOVING

    :# move to line #

    :$ move to last line of file

    SHELL ESCAPE
    executes 'cmd' as a shell command.

    :!'cmd'

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