VI Commands

vi_commands

source: https://www.cs.colostate.edu/helpdocs/vi.html


u			ctrl+z


MOVING CURSOR

0 (zero)			move cursor to start of current line (the one with the cursor)
$					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<Return> or 1G	move cursor to first line in file
:$<Return> or G		move cursor to last line in file

^f	move forward one screen
^b	move backward one screen
^d	move down (forward) one half screen
^u	move up (back) one half screen

SEARCH

/string			search forward for occurrence of string in text
?string			search backward for occurrence of string in text
n				move to next occurrence of search string
N				move to next occurrence of search string in opposite direction
/copyright\c	search "copyright" ignoring string case
/^string		search line starting with "string" 

SAVING 

:w newfile<Return>			write current contents to a new file named newfile
:12,35w smallfile<Return>	write the contents of the lines numbered 12 through 35 to a new file named smallfile
:r filename<Return>			read file named filename and insert after current line (the line with cursor)

DELETE

D		delete the remainder of the line, starting with current cursor position
dd		delete entire current line

COPY PASTE
Nyy or yNy	copy the next N lines, including the current line, into the buffer
yy			copy the current line into the buffer
p			put (paste) the line(s) in the buffer into the text after the current line