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Window motions
- <CTRL>d -- Scroll down (half a screen)
- <CTRL> -- Scroll up (half a screen)
- <CTRL>f -- Page forward
- <CTRL>b -- Page backward
- /string -- Search forward
- ?string -- Search backward
- n -- Repeat search
- N -- Repeat search reverse
- G -- Go to last line
- nG -- Go to line n :n
-- Go to line n
- <CTRL>l -- Redraw screen
- <CTRL>g -- File information
Cursor motions
- H -- Upper left corner (home)
- M -- Middle line
- L -- Lower left corner
- h -- Back a character
- j -- Down a line
- k -- Up a line
- ^ -- Beginning of line
- $ -- End of line
- l -- Forward a character
- w -- Forward one word
- b -- Back one word
- fc -- Find c
- ; -- Repeat find (find next c)
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Input commands (end with ESC)
- a -- Append after cursor
- i -- Insert before cursor
- o -- Open line below
- O -- Open line above
- :r file -- Insert file after
current line
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Changes during insert mode
- <CTRL>h -- Back one character
- <CTRL>w -- Back one word
- <CRTL>u -- Back to beginning of insert
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Move text from file old to file new
- vi old "a10yy
-- Yank 10 lines to buffer a
- :w -- Write work buffer
- :enew -- Edit new file
- "ap -- Put text from a
after cursor
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Deletion commands
- dd -- Delete line
- ndd -- Delete n lines
to general buffer
- dw -- Delete word to general buffer
- ndw -- Delete n words
- d) -- Delete to end of sentence
- db -- Delete previous word
- D -- Delete to end of line
- x -- Delete character
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Recovering deletions
- p -- Put general buffer after cursor
- P -- Put general buffer before cursor
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Change commands
- s -- Substitute (ESC) - 1 char with string
- cw -- Change word (ESC)
- cc -- Change line (ESC) - blanks line
- c$ -- Change to end of line
- rc -- Replace character with c
- R -- Replace (ESC) - typeover
- . -- Repeat last change
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Undo commands
- u -- Undo last change
- U -- Undo all changes on line
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Rearrangement commands
- yy or Y -- Yank (copy) line to general buffer
- "z6yy -- Yank 6 lines to buffer z
- yw -- Yank word to general buffer
- "a9dd -- Delete 9 lines to buffer
a
- "A9dd -- Delete 9 lines; append to buffer
a
- "ap -- Put text from buffer a
after cursor
- p -- Put general buffer after cursor
- P -- Put general buffer before cursor
- J -- Join lines
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File management commands
- :w name -- Write edit buffer to file name
- :wq -- Write to file and
quit
- :q! -- Quit without saving changes
- ZZ -- Same as :wq
- :sh -- Execute shell commands
(<CTRL>d)
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Parameters
- :set list -- Show invisible characters
- :set nolist -- Don't show invisible characters
- :set number -- Show line numbers
- :set nonumber -- Don't show line numbers
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