Sams Teach Yourself UNIX® in 24 Hours Second Edition

Summary of vi Commands

A summary of the commands you learned in this hour is shown in Table 11.1.

Table 11.1. Advanced vi Commands

Command	Meaning
!!command	Replace the current line with the output of the specified UNIX command.
!}command	Replace the current paragraph with the results of piping it through the specified UNIX command or commands.
(	Move backward one sentence.
)	Move forward one sentence.
C	Change text from the point of the cursor through the end of the line.
c	Change text in the specified range—cw changes the following word, whereas c} changes the next paragraph.
e	Move to the end of the current word.
^g	Show the current line number and other information about the file.
R	Replace text from the point of the cursor until Escape is ...