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- Unix vi Reference Card
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- 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
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- ^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
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- 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
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- Object defining characters
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- w forward one word W forward, ignore punctuation
- b backward one word B backward, ignore punc.
- e end of current word <CR>,- as above
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- Characters using buffers
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- d obj delete object dd delete line
- y obj yanks object yy yank line
- p place what is in buffer
- " select buffer
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- 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.
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- 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 ').
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- Search
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- /text<CR> search forward for text ?text<CR> search backward
- n next occurance N next occurance in
- opposite direction
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- Miscellaneous
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- 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.
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- Unix ex Reference Card
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- 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
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- 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
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- /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.
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- 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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