This document is a hypertext version of 'vi-summary.doc'. It summarizes commands for the editors ex and vi.
See also vi reference and vi guide.
Contents:
% ex name edit name, start at end % ex +n name ... at line n % ex -t tag start at tag % ex -r list saved files % ex -r name recover file name % ex name ... edit first; rest via :n % ex -R name read only mode : x exit, saving changes : q! exit, discarding changes
abbrev ab next n unabbrev una append a number nu undo u args ar open o unmap unm change c preserve pre version ve copy co print p visual vi delete d put pu write w edit e quit q xit x file f read re yank ya global g recover rec window z insert i rewind rew escape ! join j set se lshift list l shell sh print next CR map source so resubst & mark ma stop st rshift > move m substitute s scroll ^D
n line n /pat next with pat . current ?pat previous with pat $ last x-n n before x + next x,y x through y - previous 'x marked with x +n n forward '' previous context % 1,$
% setenv TERM type csh and all version 6 $ TERM=type; export TERM sh in Version 7
See also tset(1)
Some terminal types
2621 43 adm31 dw1 h19 2645 733 adm3a dw2 i100 300s 745 c100 gt40 mime 33 act4 dm1520 gt42 owl 37 act5 dm2500 h1500 t1061 4014 adm3 dm3025 h1510 vt52
EXINIT place set's here in environment var. set x enable option set nox disable option set x=val give value val set show changed options set all show all options set x? show value of option x
autoindent ai supply indent
autowrite aw write before changing files
ignorecase ic in scanning
lisp ( ) { } are s-exp's
list print ^I for tab, $ at end
magic . [ * special in patterns
number nu number lines
paragraphs para macro names which start ...
redraw simulate smart terminal
scroll command mode lines
sections sect macro names ...
shiftwidth sw for >, and input ^D
showmatch sm to ) and } as typed
slowopen slow choke updates during insert
window visual mode lines
wrapscan ws around end of buffer?
wrapmargin wm automatic line splitting
^ beginning of line $ end of line . any character \ beginning of word \> end of word [str] any char in str [^str] ... not in str [x-y] ... between x and y * any number of preceding
% vi name edit name at top % vi +n name ... at line n % vi + name ... at end % vi -r list saved files % vi -r name recover file name % vi name ... edit first; rest via :n % vi -t tag start at tag % vi +/pat name search for pat % view name read only mode ZZ exit from vi, saving changes ^Z stop vi for later resumption
Last line - Error messages, echoing input to :, /, ?, and !, feedback about i/o and large changes.
dw delete a word de ... leaving punctuation dd delete a line 3dd ... 3 lines itextESC insert text abc cwnewESC change word to new easESC pluralize word xp transpose characters
ESC end insert or incomplete cmd ^? (delete or rubout) interrupts ^L reprint screen if ^? scrambles it
:w write back changes :wq write and quit :q quit :q! quit, discard changes :e name edit file name :e! reedit, discard changes :e + name edit, starting at end :e +n edit starting at line n :e # edit alternate file ^^ synonym for :e # :w name write file name :w! name overwrite file name :sh run shell, then return :!cmd run cmd, then return :n edit next file in arglist :n args specify new arglist :f show current file and line ^G synonym for :f :ta tag to tag file entry tag ^] :ta, following word is tag
^F forward screenfull
^B backward screenfull
^D scroll down half screen
^U scroll up half screen
G goto line (end default)
/pat next line matching pat
?pat prev line matching pat
n repeat last / or ?
N reverse last / or ?
/pat/+n n'th line after pat
?pat?-n n'th line before pat
]] next section/function
[[ previous section/function
% find matching ( ) { or }
^L clear and redraw ^R retype, eliminate @ lines zCR redraw, current at window top z- ... at bottom z. ... at center /pat/z- pat line at bottom zn. use n line window ^E scroll window down 1 line ^Y scroll window up 1 line
`` previous context '' ... at first non-white in line mx mark position with letter x `x to mark x 'x ... at first non-white in line
H home window line L last window line M middle window line + next line, at first non-white - previous line, at first non-white CR return, same as + or j next line, same column ^ or k previous line, same column
^ first non white
0 beginning of line
$ end of line
h or -> forward
l or - backwards
^H same as -
space same as ->
fx find x forward
Fx f backward
tx upto x forward
Tx back upto x
; repeat last f F t or T
, inverse of ;
| to specified column
% find matching ( { ) or }
w word forward
b back word
e end of word
) to next sentence
} to next paragraph
( back sentence
{ back paragraph
W blank delimited word
B back W
E to end of W
) Forward s-expression
} ... but don't stop at atoms
( Back s-expression
{ ... but don't stop at atoms
^H erase last character ^W erases last word erase your erase, same as ^H kill your kill, erase input this line \ escapes ^H, your erase and kill ESC ends insertion, back to command ^? interrupt, terminates insert ^D backtab over autoindent ^^D kill autoindent, save for next 0^D ... but at margin next also ^V quote non-printing character
a append after cursor i insert before A append at end of line I insert before first non-blank o open line below O open above rx replace single char with x R replace characters
d delete
c change
left shift
> right shift
! filter through command
= indent for LISP
y yank lines to buffer
C change rest of line D delete rest of line s substitute chars S substitute lines J join lines x delete characters X ... before cursor Y yank lines
p put back lines P put before "xp put from buffer x "xy yank to buffer x "xd delete into buffer x
u undo last change U restore current line . repeat last change "dp retrieve d'th last delete
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