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A Quick Reference List of Vi Editor Commands

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A Quick Reference List of Vi Editor Commands

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A quick reference list of vi editor commands

Notes:

 <ESC> denotes the Esc key, and <CR> denotes the Enter key.
 The expression <cmd> means that you should enter a command, <f> means that you should enter a filename, and <x> means that you
should enter a character or number.
 The symbol ^ (caret) means that you should hold down the Ctrl key while pressing the indicated letter.

Vi editor command keys:

ZZ Exit, saving changes t<x> Up to <x> forward


Q Enter ex mode T<x> Back up to <x>
<ESC> End of insert <x>| Go to column <x>
:<cmd> Execute ex command w,W Forward one word
:!<cmd> Shell command b,B Back one word
^g Show filename/size e,E End of word
^f Forward one screen ^h Erase last character
^b Back one screen ^w Erase last word
^d Forward half screen ^? Interrupt
^u Backward half screen ~ Toggle character case
<x>G Go to line <x> a Append after
/<x> Search forward for <x> i,I Insert before
?<x> Search backward for <x> A Append at end of line
n Repeat last search o Open line below
N Reverse last search O Open line above
]] Next section/function r Replace character
[[ Previous section/function R Replace characters
% Find matching () { or } d Delete
^l Redraw screen dd Delete line
^r Refresh screen c Change
z<CR> Current line at top y Yank lines to buffer
z- Current line at bottom C Change rest of line
^e Scroll down one line D Delete rest of line
^y Scroll up one line s Substitute character
`` Previous context S Substitute lines
H Home window line J Join lines
L Last window line x Delete after
M Middle window line X Delete before
+ Next line Y Yank current line
hjkl Cursor movement: p Put back lines
left/down/up/right P Put before
0 Beginning of line << Shift line left
$ End of line >> Shift line right
f<x> Find <x> forward u Undo last change
F<x> Find <x> backward U Restore current line

Ex mode commands:

q Quit set <x> Enable option


q! Quit, discard changes set no<v> Disable option
r <f> Read in file <f> set all Show all options
sh Invoke shell
vi Vi mode
wq Write and quit
w <f> Write file <f>
w! <f> Overwrite file <f>

Options:

autoindent Automatic line indentation


autowrite Write before quit
ignorecase Ignore case in searches
number Display line numbers
showmatch Show matches to ) and } as typed
terse Quiet mode
wrapscan Wraparound in searches
wrapmargin Automatic line splitting

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