Review of vi Buffer and Marking Commands
Table 4-2 summarizes the command-line options common to all versions of vi. Tables 4-3 and 4-4 summarize the buffer and marking commands.
Option | Meaning |
+
n
file | Open file at line number n. |
+
file | Open file at last line. |
+/
pattern file | Open file at first
occurrence of pattern (traditional
version of POSIX |
-c command
file | Run command after opening
file; usually a line number or search
(POSIX version of |
-R | Operate in read-only mode (same as using view instead of vi ). |
-r | Recover files after a crash. |
Buffer names | Buffer use |
1–9 | The last nine deletions, from most to least recent. |
a–z | Named buffers for you to use as needed. Uppercase letters append to the buffer. |
Command | Meaning |
"
b
command | Do command with buffer b. |
m
x | Mark current position with x. |
'
x | Move cursor to first character of line marked by x. |
`
x | Move cursor to character marked by x. |
`` | Return to exact position of previous mark or context. |
'' | Return to beginning of the line of previous mark or context. |
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