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Vi Editor
Movement Commands
Editing Commands
Command Line Options
Exit Commands
Alphabetical List of Keys
Movement Commands 
| h, j, k, l |
Left, down, up, right (or ¬¯®) |
| w, W, b, B |
Forward, backward by word |
| e, E |
End of word |
| ), ( |
Beginning of next, previous sentence |
| }. { |
Beginning of next, previous paragraph |
| ]], [[ |
Beginning of next, previous section |
| O, $ |
First, last position of current line |
| Ù^ |
First character of current line (ignore spaces) |
| +, - |
First character of next, previous line |
| n |
Column n of current line |
| H |
Top line of screen |
| M |
Middle line of screen |
| L |
Last line of screen |
| nH |
n (number) of lines after top line |
| nL |
n (number) of lines before last line |
| /pattern |
Search forward for pattern |
| ?pattern |
Search backward for pattern |
| n, N |
Repeat last search in same, opposite direction |
| fx |
Search forward for character x in current line |
| Fx |
Search backward for character x in current line |
| tx |
Search forward for character before x in current line |
| Tx |
Search backward for character after x in current line |
| ; (semicolon) |
Repeat previous current line search |
| , (comma) |
Repeat previous current line search in opposite direction |
| nG |
Move to line |
| nG |
Move to last line in file |
| :n |
Move to line number n |
| CTRL-F, CTRL-B |
Scroll forward, backward one screen |
| CTRL-D, CTRL-U |
Scroll down, up one-half screen |
| CRTL-E, CRTL-Y |
Show one more line at bottom, top of window |
| Z |
Return Reposition line with cursor, to top of screen |
| Z. |
Reposition line cursor, to middle of screen |
| Z- |
Reposition line with cursor, to bottom of screen |
| mx |
Mark current position as x |
| `x |
Move cursor to x |
| `` |
Return to previous mark or context |
| "x |
Move to beginning of line containing mark x |
| ² |
Return to beginning of line containing previous mark |
Editing Commands
| i, a |
Insert text before, after cursor |
| I, A |
Insert text at beginning, end of line |
| o, O |
Open new line |
| r |
Replace with next typed character |
| ~ |
Change case of character |
| cm |
Change text block defined by movement command m (e.g. cw or
cL) |
| cc |
Change current line |
| C |
Change current line |
| R |
Type over characters |
| s |
Delete character and substitute text |
| S |
Delete current line and substitute text |
| x |
Delete character |
| X |
Delete character before cursor |
| dm |
Delete text block defined by movement command m (e.g. d/pattern
or dG) |
| dd |
Delete current line |
| D |
Delete to end of line |
| p, P |
Put deleted text before, after cursor |
| ²np |
Put text from deleted buffer number n after cursor (the last
nine deletions) |
| ym |
Yank (copy) text block defined by movement command m (e.g.
y]] or y}) |
| yy, Y |
Yank current line |
| ²ayy |
Yank current line into named buffer a |
| p, P |
Put yanked text after, before cursor |
| ²aP |
Put text into buffer a before cursor |
| . |
Repeat last edit command |
| u, U |
Undo last edit, restore current line |
| J |
Join two lines |
| Ctrl-L Ctrl-R |
Redraw screen |
| :d |
Delete lines |
| :m |
Move lines |
| :co or :t |
Copy lines |
| :.,$d |
Delete from current line to end of file |
| :30,60m |
Move lines 30 to 60 after current line |
| :.,/pattern/co$ |
Copy from current line through line containing pattern to
end of file |
Command Line Options
| vi file |
Invoke vi editor on file |
| vi file1 file2 |
Invoke vi editor on files squentially |
| view file |
Invoke vi editor on file in read-only mode |
| vi -R file |
Invoke vi editor on file in read-only mode |
| vi -r file |
Recover file and recnet edits after system crash |
| vi +file |
Open file at last line |
| vi +n file |
Open file directly on line number n |
| vi +/pattern file |
Open file directly at pattern |
| ex file |
Invoke ex editor on file from Unix |
Exit Commands
| ZZ |
Write (save) and quit file |
| :x |
Write (save) and quit file |
| :wq |
Write (save) and quit file |
| :w |
Write (save) file |
| :w! |
Write (save) file (overriding protection) |
| :30,60w newfile |
Write from line 30 through 60 as newfile |
| :30,60>> file |
Write from line 30 through 60 and append to file |
| :w%. new |
Write current buffer name fileas file.new |
| :q |
Quit file |
| :q! |
Quit file (discarding any changes) |
Q |
Quit vi and invoke ex |
| :e file2 |
Edit file2 without leaving vi |
| :n |
Edit next file |
| :e! |
Return to version of current file at time of last write (save) |
| :e# |
Edit alternate file |
Alphabetical List of Keys
| a |
Append text after cursor |
| A |
Append text at end of line |
| ^A |
Unused |
| b |
Back up to beginning of word in current line |
| B |
Back to work, ignoring punctuation |
| ^B |
Scroll backward one window |
| c |
Change operator |
| C |
Change to end of current line |
| ^C |
Unused |
| d |
Delete operator |
| D |
Delete to end of current line |
| ^D |
Scroll down half-window |
| e |
Move to end of word |
| E |
Move to end of word, ignoring punctuation |
| ^E |
Show one or more line at bottom of window |
| fx |
Find next x on current line |
| Fx |
Find previous x on current line |
| ^F |
Scroll Forward one window |
| g |
Unused |
| G |
Go to specified line or end of line |
| ^G |
Print information about file on status line |
| h |
Left arrow cursor key |
| H |
Move cursor to Home position (top left of screen) |
| ^H |
Left arrow cursor key; backspace key in insert mode |
| i |
Insert text before cursor |
| I |
Insert text at beginning of line |
| ^I |
Unused in command mode; in insert mode, same as TAB |
| j |
Down arrow cursor key |
| J |
Join two line |
| ^J |
Down arrow cursor key |
| k |
Up arrow cursor key |
| K |
Unused |
| ^K |
Unused |
| l |
Right arrow cursor key |
| L |
Move cursor to Last position in window |
| ^L |
Redraw screen (depends on terminal type) |
| m |
Mark the current cursor position in register (a-z) |
| M |
Move cursor to Middle position in window |
| ^M |
Carriage Return |
| n |
Repeat the last search command |
| N |
Repeat the last search command in reverse direction |
| ^N |
Down arrow cursor key |
| o |
Open line below current line |
| O |
Open line above current line |
| ^O |
Unused |
| p |
Put yanked or deleted text after or below cursor |
| P |
Put yanked or deleted text before or above cursor |
| ^P |
Up arrow cursor key |
| q |
Unused |
| Q |
Quit vi or invode ex |
| ^Q |
Unused in command mode; in insert mode, quote next character |
| r |
Replace character at cursor with the next character type |
| R |
Replace characters |
| ^R |
Redraw screen (depends on terminal type) |
| s |
Change the character under the cursor to typed character |
| S |
Change entire line |
| ^S |
Unused |
| t |
Find character before next x on current line |
| T |
Find character after previous x on current line character
typed |
| ^T |
Unused in command mode; in insert mode, used with autoindent
option set |
| u |
Undo the last change made |
| U |
Restore current line, discarding changes |
| ^U |
Scroll the screen upward half-window |
| v |
Unused |
| V |
Unused |
| ^V |
Unused in command mode; in insert mode, quote |
| w |
Move to beginning of next word |
| W |
Move to beginning of next word, ignoring punctuation |
| ^W |
Unused in command mode; in insert mode, back up to beginning
of word |
| x |
Delete character at cursor |
| X |
Delete character before cursor |
| ^X |
Unused |
| y |
Yank (or copy) operator |
| Y |
Make copy of current line |
| ^Y |
Show one more line at top of window |
| z |
Redraw the screen, repositioning cursor when followed by RETURN
at top, . at middle, and - at bottom of screen |
| ZZ |
Exit the editor, saving changes |
| ^Z |
Unused |
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