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$ move cursor to end of current line w move cursor to beginning of next word b move cursor back to beginning of preceding word :0 or 1G move cursor to first line in file :n or nG move cursor to line n :$ or G move cursor to last line in file That the key should be held down while the In the table below, the symbol ^ before a letter means

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If you go back and forth between a PC environment and a UNIXĮnvironment, you may find that this dissimilarity in methods forĬursor movement is the most frustrating difference between the two. Keys sometimes produce strange effects in vi and should The Qwerty keyboard (containing no arrow keys) in mind, the arrow May be used as well however, since vi was designed with

Move the cursor within the vi editor screen (or window). Unlike many of the PC and MacIntosh editors, the mouse does not To file named in original invocation :q quit (or exit) vi * To file named in original invocation :wq quit vi, writing out modified file Note: The cursor moves to bottom of screen whenever aĬolon ( :) is typed. Usually the new or modified file is saved when you Vi filename edit filename starting at line 1 vi -r filename recover filename that was being Of the file will be displayed if the file does not exist, then anĮmpty file and screen are created into which you may enter text.

The file named filename exists, then the first page (or screen) To use vi on a file, type in vi filename. Letter the results will not be what you expect. NOTE: Both UNIX and vi are case-sensitive.īe sure not to use a capital letter in place of a lowercase With practice, these commands should become automatic. The most basic and useful commands are marked with an asterisk

Of these is usually sufficient for beginning vi users.Ĭontains a sampling of basic vi commands. While there are a number of vi commands, just a handful In the insert mode, every character typed is added to the text Something to the text file being edited a character typed in theĬommand mode may even cause the vi editor to enter the In the command mode, every character typed is a command that does

Insert mode in which entered text is inserted into the file.

Which cause action to be taken on the file, and

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The UNIX vi editor is a full screen editor and has two modes of [Alternate editors for UNIX environments include pico UNIX operating system is called vi ( visual editor). Emacs will findĪnd display each occurrence of the search string and ask you forįurther instructions.What is vi? The default editor that comes with the You will thenīe prompted for your search and replace strings. To do a queried search and replace (with a prompt for replacing each Your_replace_string with the new text you want to add String you want to find and remove, and replace Replace your_search_string with the existing text Then enter: replace-string RET your_search_string RET your_replace_string To perform an unconditional search and replace, press

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Note: If you aren't sure how to enter the followingĬommands in Emacs, see How keystrokes are denoted in Emacs Unconditional search and replace Information here may no longer be accurate, and links may no longer be available or reliable.Įmacs has two types of search and replace functions: This content has been archived, and is no longer maintained by Indiana University.

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