vi
Singles: (Command executes immediately)
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insert, append, replace, open new line, paste, yank one line,
delete to end of line, join 2 lines, delete chars, undelete, substitute, swap between upper and lower case
Movement: (Command executes immediately)
up/down/left/right
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CTRL+U CTRL+D wWeEbB
number<ENTER-KEY> (jump that many lines down)
Combo's:
yy (yank/copy 1 line)
dd (del 1 line)
5yy p (copy and paste)
7dd p (cut and paste)
/searchstring (search for something - use n and N to search again down or up)
Commands that need qualifiers:
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Colon Commands:
:w
:q
:w!
:q!
:wq
:w newfilename (save under a new filename - next save reverts back to old filename)
:r filename.txt ( read this file into where the cursor currently is)
:r!ls ( run this command and drop the results right here)
:r!pwd
:r ! pwd
:r!ls | grep thisfile (running a command, using a pipe
and dropping the rsults right here.)
:num (tell me current line number)
:set nu (turn on line numbers)
:split (split the screen - :q to get out of a split)
:split filename (split the screen between current file and filename)
CTRL+t (if in insert mode then insert a tab)
Visual Mode (probably need to have vim installed)
v (start selecting from the current cursor position,
press an action key (such as y to yank or d to delete)
to stop selecting)
V (same as above, except line by line)
CTRL+v (same as above, except select by block mode)
If you give 2 or more filenames on the command line then use
:next and :prev to switch between them. For Example:
vi file1 file2
:next
:prev
The power of vi - wow this is cool stuff:
Highlight some lines with visual (capital v), then run a command on it with :,
run the command !sort or !uniq, etc...:
:'<,'>!sort
:'<,'>!uniq
Extend your vi here, check out “map” in the .exrc file:
http://grox.net/doc/unix/exrc.php
Try to stay out of caps lock.
When not inserting data remain in vi “command mode”.
These 2 tips will help you navigate vi much easier.