1MOVING THE CURSOR: 2 k - cursor up ^F - page forward /<pattern><CR> - search forward 3 j - cursor down ^B - page backward ?<pattern><CR> - search backward 4 h - cursor left w - move forward a "word" n - repeat the last search 5 l - cursor right b - move backward a "word" 6 7ENTERING TEXT: 8a - append after the cursor. Use the <escape> key to return to 9i - insert before the cursor. command mode. 10o - open a new line below the cursor. 11O - open new line above the cursor. 12 13WRITING AND EXITING: 14:w<Enter> - write the file 15:q<Enter> - exit the file 16:q!<Enter> - exit without writing the file 17:#<Enter> - move to a line (e.g., :35<Enter> moves to line 35) 18 19MISCELLANEOUS: 20^G - display the file name 21 J - join two lines (use i<Enter><escape> to split a line) 22 u - undo the last change (enter . after a 'u' to undo more than one change) 23 24=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 25VI COMMANDS: 26 ^A search forward for cursor word 27 ^B scroll up by screens 28 ^C interrupt an operation (e.g. read, write, search) 29 ^D scroll down by half screens (setting count) 30 ^E scroll down by lines 31 ^F scroll down by screens 32 ^G file status 33 ^H move left by characters 34 ^J move down by lines 35 ^L redraw screen 36 ^M move down by lines (to first non-blank) 37 ^N move down by lines 38 ^P move up by lines 39 ^R redraw screen 40 ^T tag pop 41 ^U half page up (set count) 42 ^V input a literal character 43 ^W move to next screen 44 ^Y page up by lines 45 ^Z suspend editor 46 ^[ <escape> exit input mode, cancel partial commands 47 ^\ switch to ex mode 48 ^] tag push cursor word 49 ^^ switch to previous file 50 <space> move right by columns 51 ! filter through command(s) to motion 52 # number increment/decrement 53 $ move to last column 54 % move to match 55 & repeat substitution 56 ' move to mark (to first non-blank) 57 ( move back sentence 58 ) move forward sentence 59 + move down by lines (to first non-blank) 60 , reverse last F, f, T or t search 61 - move up by lines (to first non-blank) 62 . repeat the last command 63 / search forward 64 0 move to first character 65 : ex command 66 ; repeat last F, f, T or t search 67 < shift lines left to motion 68 > shift lines right to motion 69 ? search backward 70 @ execute buffer 71 A append to the line 72 B move back bigword 73 C change to end-of-line 74 D delete to end-of-line 75 E move to end of bigword 76 F character in line backward search 77 G move to line 78 H move to count lines from screen top 79 I insert before first nonblank 80 J join lines 81 L move to screen bottom 82 M move to screen middle 83 N reverse last search 84 O insert above line 85 P insert before cursor from buffer 86 Q switch to ex mode 87 R replace characters 88 S substitute for the line(s) 89 T before character in line backward search 90 U Restore the current line 91 W move to next bigword 92 X delete character before cursor 93 Y copy line 94 ZZ save file and exit 95 [[ move back section 96 ]] move forward section 97 ^ move to first non-blank 98 _ move to first non-blank 99 ` move to mark 100 a append after cursor 101 b move back word 102 c change to motion 103 d delete to motion 104 e move to end of word 105 f character in line forward search 106 h move left by columns 107 i insert before cursor 108 j move down by lines 109 k move up by lines 110 l move right by columns 111 m set mark 112 n repeat last search 113 o append after line 114 p insert after cursor from buffer 115 r replace character 116 s substitute character 117 t before character in line forward search 118 u undo last change 119 w move to next word 120 x delete character 121 y copy text to motion into a cut buffer 122 z reposition the screen 123 { move back paragraph 124 | move to column 125 } move forward paragraph 126 ~ reverse case 127=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 128EX COMMANDS: 129 ^D: scroll lines 130 !: filter lines through commands or run commands 131 #: display numbered lines 132 &: repeat the last substitution 133 *: execute a buffer 134 <: shift lines left 135 =: display line number 136 >: shift lines right 137 @: execute a buffer 138 append: append input to a line 139 abbreviate: specify an input abbreviation 140 args: display file argument list 141 bg: background the current screen 142 change: change lines to input 143 cd: change the current directory 144 chdir: change the current directory 145 copy: copy lines elsewhere in the file 146 cscope: create a set of tags using a cscope command 147 delete: delete lines from the file 148 display: display buffers, screens or tags 149 [Ee]dit: begin editing another file 150 [Ee]x: begin editing another file 151 exusage: display ex command usage statement 152 file: display (and optionally set) file name 153 fg: switch the current screen and a backgrounded screen 154 global: execute a global command on lines matching an RE 155 help: display help statement 156 insert: insert input before a line 157 join: join lines into a single line 158 k: mark a line position 159 list: display lines in an unambiguous form 160 move: move lines elsewhere in the file 161 mark: mark a line position 162 map: map input or commands to one or more keys 163 mkexrc: write a .exrc file 164 [Nn]ext: edit (and optionally specify) the next file 165 number: change display to number lines 166 open: enter "open" mode (not implemented) 167 print: display lines 168 perl: run the perl interpreter with the command 169 perldo: run the perl interpreter with the command, on each line 170 preserve: preserve an edit session for recovery 171 [Pp]revious: edit the previous file in the file argument list 172 put: append a cut buffer to the line 173 quit: exit ex/vi 174 read: append input from a command or file to the line 175 recover: recover a saved file 176 resize: grow or shrink the current screen 177 rewind: re-edit all the files in the file argument list 178 s: substitute on lines matching an RE 179 script: run a shell in a screen 180 set: set options (use ":set all" to see all options) 181 shell: suspend editing and run a shell 182 source: read a file of ex commands 183 stop: suspend the edit session 184 suspend: suspend the edit session 185 t: copy lines elsewhere in the file 186 [Tt]ag: edit the file containing the tag 187 tagnext: move to the next tag 188 tagpop: return to the previous group of tags 189 tagprev: move to the previous tag 190 tagtop: discard all tags 191 tcl: run the tcl interpreter with the command 192 undo: undo the most recent change 193unabbreviate: delete an abbreviation 194 unmap: delete an input or command map 195 v: execute a global command on lines NOT matching an RE 196 version: display the program version information 197 visual: enter visual (vi) mode from ex mode 198 [Vv]isual: edit another file (from vi mode only) 199 viusage: display vi key usage statement 200 write: write the file 201 wn: write the file and switch to the next file 202 wq: write the file and exit 203 xit: exit 204 yank: copy lines to a cut buffer 205 z: display different screens of the file 206 ~: replace previous RE with previous replacement string, 207=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 208Edit options: 209noaltwerase filec="" nomodeline scroll=17 notildeop 210autoindent flash msgcat="./" nosearchincr timeout 211autoprint hardtabs=0 noprint="" nosecure nottywerase 212noautowrite noiclower nonumber shiftwidth=8 noverbose 213backup="" noignorecase nooctal noshowmatch warn 214nobeautify keytime=6 open noshowmode window=35 215cedit="" noleftright optimize sidescroll=16 nowindowname 216columns=80 lines=36 print="" noslowopen wraplen=0 217comment nolisp prompt nosourceany wrapmargin=0 218noedcompatible nolist readonly tabstop=8 wrapscan 219escapetime=1 lock noredraw taglength=0 nowriteany 220noerrorbells magic remap tags="tags" 221exrc matchtime=7 report=5 term="xterm" 222noextended mesg ruler noterse 223cdpath="/usr/src/local/nvi:/tmp" 224directory="/tmp" 225paragraphs="IPLPPPQPP LIpplpipbp" 226recdir="/var/tmp/vi.recover" 227sections="NHSHH HUnhsh" 228shell="/bin/csh" 229shellmeta="~{[*?$`'"\" 230