2.6. Review of Basic vi Commands
Table 2.1 presents a few of the commands you can perform by combining the commands c, d, and y with various text objects. The last two rows show additional commands for editing. Table 2.2 and Table 2.3 list some other basic commands. Table 2.4 summarizes the rest of the commands described in this chapter.
Text Object | Change | Delete | Copy |
---|---|---|---|
1 word | cw | dw | yw |
2 words, not counting punctuation | 2cW or c2W | 2dW or d2W | 2yW or y2W |
3 words back | 3cb or c3b | 3db or d3b | 3yb or y3b |
1 line | cc | dd | yy or Y |
To end of line | c$ or C | d$ or D | y$ |
To beginning of line | c0 | d0 | y0 |
Single character | r | x or X | yl or yh |
Five characters | 5s | 5x | 5yl |
Movement | Commands |
---|---|
,,, | h, j, k, l |
To first character of next line | + |
To first character of previous line | - |
To end of word | e or E |
Forward by word | w or W |
Backward by word | b or B |
To end of line | $ |
To beginning of line | 0 |
Operations | Commands |
---|---|
Place text from buffer | P or p |
Start vi, open file if specified | vi file |
Save edits, quit file | ZZ |
No saving of edits, quit file | :q! |
Editing Action | Command |
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