Vi Editor

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:w <Enter>

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Save the current document but do not exit vi

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:w filename <Enter>

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Save the current document as filename

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:q <Enter>

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Exit vi, as long as no changes were made.

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:q! <Enter>

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Exit vi, discarding any changes to the current document

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:wq <Enter>

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Save the current document and exit vi

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:x <Enter>

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Save the current document and exit vi

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ZZ

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Save the current document and exit vi

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Vi Stands for

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Visual Editor

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Vi is what kind of editor

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Modal

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Command Mode

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keystrokes are interpreted as commands to edit the file, such as deleting lines or searching for text.

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Insert Mode

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keystrokes are inserted into the document you are editing.

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You begin VI in what mode?

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Command

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How can you return to command mode?

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Esc Key

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Press : Put the editor into

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Last Line mode.

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:set nonumber

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turns off line numbers if on.

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i

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Begin inserting text to the left of the current cursor position

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I

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Begin inserting text at the beginning of the current line

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a

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Begin inserting text to the right of the current cursor position

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A

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Begin inserting text at the end of the current line

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o

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Insert a blank line after the line that the cursor is on, place the cursor on the new line, and begin inserting text

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O

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Insert a blank line above the line that the cursor is on, place the cursor on the new line, and begin inserting text

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r

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Replace one character with the next character entered

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R

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Enter replace mode; all text entered will overwrite existing text beginning at the current cursor position.

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[x]s

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Delete [count] characters [into register x] and start insert (s stands for Substitute).

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j

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Move the cursor down one line

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k

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Move the cursor up one line

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h

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Move the cursor one character left

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l

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Move the cursor one character right

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w

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Move the cursor one word forward

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W

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Forward one blank delimited word

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b

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Move the cursor one word backward

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B

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Beginning of blank delimited word

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e

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Move to the end of a word

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E

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End of blank delimited word

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d

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Delete

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dd

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Delete Line

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dw

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Delete Word

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dW

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Delete blank delimited word

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x

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Delete character under cursor

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cw

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Change word

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cW

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Change Blank delimited word

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cc

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Change Line

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c$

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Change to end of line from current position.

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s

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substitute characters for new information.

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yy

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Yank Line

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y$

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Yank to end of line

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p

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Paste yanked line below

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P

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Paste yanked line above

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/w

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Search forward for w

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?w

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Search backward for w

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n

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Repeat search forward

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N

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Repeat search backward

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:s/old/new

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Replace next occurrence of old with new

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:s/old/new/g

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Replace all occurrence of old with new on the line

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:%s/old/new/g

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Replace all occurrences in the file.

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:%s/old/new/gc

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Replace all occurrences in the file with confirmation

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:g/old/d

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Delete all occurrences of old in the file

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U

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Undo changes on current line

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u

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Undo last change