 | Chapter 8 The vi Editor |  |
For brevity, control characters are marked by ^.
^] | Perform a tag look-up on the text under the cursor. |
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 up to beginning of word, ignoring punctuation. |
^B | Scroll backward one window. |
c | Change operator. |
C | Change to end of current line. |
^C | Unused in command mode; ends insert mode (stty interrupt character). |
d | Delete operator. |
D | Delete to end of current line. |
^D | Scroll down half-window (command mode). |
Move backward one tab-stop (insert mode). | |
e | Move to end of word. |
E | Move to end of word, ignoring punctuation. |
^E | Show one more line at bottom of window. |
f | Find next character typed forward on current line. |
F | Find next character typed backward on current line. |
^F | Scroll forward one window. |
g | Unused. |
G | Go to specified line or end of file. |
^G | Print information about file on status line. |
h | Left arrow cursor key. |
H | Move cursor to Home position. |
^H | Left arrow cursor key; Backspace key in insert mode. |
i | Insert text before cursor. |
I | Insert text before first nonblank character on line. |
^I | Unused in command mode; in insert mode, same as Tab key. |
j | Down arrow cursor key. |
J | Join two lines. |
^J | Down arrow cursor key; in insert mode, move down a line. |
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. |
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 the 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 and invoke ex. |
^Q | Unused (on some terminals, resume data flow). |
r | Replace character at cursor with the next character you type. |
R | Replace characters. |
^R | Redraw the screen. |
s | Change the character under the cursor to typed characters. |
S | Change entire line. |
^S | Unused (on some terminals, stop data flow). |
t | Move cursor forward to character before next character typed. |
T | Move cursor backward to character after next character typed. |
^T | Return to the previous location in the tag stack (Solaris vi command mode). |
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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 next character. |
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 under 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 | Reposition line containing cursor. |
ZZ | Exit the editor, saving changes. |
^Z | Suspend vi (only works on systems that have job control). |
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| 8.8 Miscellaneous Commands |  | 8.10 Setting Up vi |
