Unix vi Reference Card

	  arrow keys move cursor      ^n,^p,<SP>,<BS> same as arrows
<ESC>     escape from text entry      ^g     tell what is going on
: 	  give ex command	      ZZ     write and quit 
<CR>	  start of next line	      -      start of previous line

^b        go back one page	      ^u     scroll back 1/2 page
^f	  go forward one page  	      ^d     scroll forward 1/2 page
					       or end indent
^e	  scroll down one line        ^y     scroll up one line
H	  home screen line	      L      last screen line

x	  delete character	      r      replace char with next 
					       typed 
a	  append after cursor         A      append after line
i	  insert before cursor        I      insert before line
p	  put before cursor	      P      put before line
u	  undo changes  	      U      undo changes in this 
					       line only
c obj	  change object to following text


                      Object defining characters

w	  forward one word	      W      forward, ignore punctuation
b         backward one word	      B	     backward, ignore punc.
e         end of current word         <CR>,- as above


                       Characters using buffers

d obj	  delete object	      dd     delete line
y obj      yanks object	      yy     yank line
p	  place what is in buffer
"         select buffer

NOTE:  There are 26 buffers, each corresponding to a letter of the
       alphabet. To refer to a specific buffer type "<letter> e.g. "a
       refers to buffer a.  Therefore "add would delete the line that
       cursor is on and place it into buffer a.  To place the deleted
       line elsewhere, position cursor and type "ap.

       In order to delete or yank a section of text, you must place a
       mark to where the deletion/yank is to stop.  This is done by
       typing: m<letter> (do not use the same buffer to place a mark
       and store text). To return to that location, type `<letter>.
       When deleting or yanking to a mark, say b, position the
       cursor at the beginning of the desired text, and type "ad`b.
       This deletes the text from cursor until mark b, and places it
       in buffer a.  "ad'b will delete until the end of the line in
       which mark b is (note difference in ` and ').



                            Search

/text<CR> search forward for text     ?text<CR> search backward
n	  next occurance	      N         next occurance in 
						  opposite direction

                        Miscellaneous

J     adjoin current line to line above
!!    place results of command into file i.e. !!cat it.p will place
           the list of it.p in your file.





                        Unix ex Reference Card


  n      set pointer to line n
  n,n    specify a range of lines for next command
  $      used to indicate last line in file
  .      print current line or end insertion

  p      print specified lines
  p#     print specified lines with line numbers
  a      append lines after this line; end insertion with "."
  i      insert lines after this line; end insertion with "."
  d      delete specified lines
  u      undo last deletion or substitution
  c      change (i.e. replace) specified lines to new text
  ya     yank specified lines into buffer
  pu     lines from buffer before this one
  w      write current text to file
  q      quit edit
  q!     forces quit without write
  wq     write and quit
  vi     enter vi editor
  se     display settings; refer to manual for details


  /text/		search for text
  //			search for next occurrence
  s/oldtext/newtext/	substitute newtext for oldtext in 
			    specified lines
  n1,n2copy3		copy lines n1-n2 to after n3
  global/pattern/cmds	search file for pattern and do cmds on those 
			    lines.

  set nu			insert line numbers
  set nonu		remove line numbers


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           "...nothing kills that does not know ye."
                  -Meg Davis, `The Elf Glade' 
UUCP: ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!d757       d757@sphinx.uchicago.edu    
      Lawrence Lerner    University of Chicago Computation Center   


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