101.1 Summary

101.3 vi Quick Reference

Editor Commands [esc] Return to Command mode . Repeat Previous Command [ctrl]L Redraw screen :q! Quit and abandon changes ZZ Quit and save changes :w Save buffer without quitting vi :n edit next file :wfn Write buffer to a new file :w>>fn Append buffer to a file :n,nwfn Write lines n to n to a new file :rfn Read filename and insert vi -r Recover file after a system crash	Insert/Change Commands i Before cursor I Before first nonblank char on line a After cursor A At end of line o Open a line next line down O Open a line next line up rx Replace single character with x R Replace characters cn Change characters s Delete char and continue typing Sn Delete line and continue typing
Cursor movement commands h Left one character j Down to same position in line below k Up to same position in line above l Right one character w Forward to first letter of next word W Same as w, but only whitespace is separator b Back to first letter of previous word B Same as b, but only whitespace is separator fx Move forward to character x in line, stop on char (repeat ;) Fx Move backward to character x in line, stop on char (repeat ;)	[space] Right one character position 0 Beginning of current line $ End of current line ^ First non-blank char of line [return] Forward to beginning of next line + First character of next line - First character of previous line ( Back to beginning of current sentence ) Ahead to beginning of next sentence { Back to beginning of current ¶ } Ahead to beginning of next ¶ tx Move forward to character x in line, stop after char (repeat ;) Tx Move backward to character x in line, stop after char (repeat ;)
File Position Commands H Left end of top line on screen nH n lines from top M Left end of middle line on screen L Left end of lowest line on screen nL n lines from bottom G Last line in work buffer nG Move to line number n [ctrl]D Down half screen [ctrl]U Up half screen [ctrl]F Down almost a full screen	[ctrl]B Up almost a full screen [ctrl]E Scroll down one line at a time [ctrl]Y Scroll up one line at a time z Rtn Move current line to top of screen z Move current line to center of screen z- Move current line to bottom of screen /pat Find pat (n repeats N reverses) ?pat Previous line matching pat
Delete Commands x Character at cursor X Character before cursor dd Delete current line ndd Delete n lines dw Delete to end of word ndw Delete n words db Delete to beginning of word ndb Delete n words d0 Delete to end of line d$ Delete to beginning of line d) Delete to end of sentence d( Delete to beginning of sentence d} Delete to end of paragraph d{ Delete to beginning of paragraph dG Delete to end of file d1G Delete to beginning of file	Buffers and Marks Y Yank to buffer yy Yank to buffer mx Mark position with letter x `x Goto mark x 'x Goto first of line with mark x Y'x Yank from current line to mark x "xY Yank to buffer x P Put from buffer pp Put from buffer "xP Put from buffer x d'x Delete to first of line with mark x
Misc . Repeat command J Join two lines u Undo a command U Undo an undo command n>> Shift n lines to right n<< Shift n lines to left >'x Shift current line to mark x to right <'x Shift current line to mark x to right :l Show control characters on line :ve Show vi version/td>	Set Behavior :set ai  Turn on autoindent :set noai  Turn off autoindent :set nu  Turn on line numbers :set nonu  Turn off line numbers :set sw=n  Set shiftwidth = to n :set show settings

101.4 ex Quick Reference

101.5 Sample .exrc

map # :?^$?+1,/^$/-1s/^/#/^M/^$^M/.^M map % :?^$?+1,/^$/-1s/^#//^M/^$^M/.^M map * :?^$?+1,/^$/-1!hang^M/^$^M/.^M map @ :r !date^MkJ map [ :?^$?+1,/^$/-1!hang -w^M/^$^M/.^M map ] :?^$?+1,/^$/-1!hang -wn^M/^$^M/.^M map { :?^$?+1,/^$/-1!hang -bw^M/^$^M/.^M map } :?^$?+1,/^$/-1!hang -bwn^M/^$^M/.^M

#	will prepend a # to all lines in current group and advance to cursor to next group
%	will remove a leading # from all lines in current group and advance to cursor to next group
*	will align all lines in current group with the first line and advance cursor to next group
@	appends date to end of current line
[	will wrap all lines in current group, indent same as first line, and advance cursor to next group
]	same as above except we reduce right margin by same as left
{	will wrap all lines in current group, indent same as first line, (except first word of first line which will remain outside to left of paragraph) and advance cursor to next group
}	same as above except we reduce right margin by same as left

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