useful vi commands…
Some of the most useful vi commands:
- Insert (key) …edit mode
- Esc (key) …exit edit mode
- :wq or ZZ …save and exit vi (must not be in edit mode)
- :q! …exit vi without saving (must not be in edit mode)
- :w myfilename …save vi editor buffer to new file (must not be in edit mode)
- yy or Y …copy a line to buffer
- p or P …paste a line from buffer
- i …insert single character at cursor (Esc to exit edit mode)
- r …replace single character at cursor (Esc to exit edit mode)
- x …delete single character at cursor (Esc to exit edit mode)
- :sh …to switch to shell mode (use Ctrl + d to return to vi)
- :set number/nonumber …will turn line-numbers on or off
searching text (not in edit mode):
- /nas …will search forward for any string ‘nas’
- ?nas …will search backward for any string ‘nas’
- n …will go to the next found string
- :nohlsearch …will turn-off highlight search results
copy-paste from windows to vi:
- ctrl + v (copy text from source in windows)
- :sh …to switch to shell mode
- cat > output + r-click (to paste what copied from windows)
- r: ! + r-click (from within vi)
for more commands see source at www.colorado.edu
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