vi cheat sheet & vi basic commands
ISSUE :
GOAL : Easy reference to work in vi editor
SOLUTION :
1. To Move the cursor left in vi editor
Press h
Press 5h - to move the cursor 5 characters left
2. To Move the cursor right in vi editor
Press l
Press 5l - to move the cursor 5 characters right
3. To Move the cursor down in vi editor
Press j
Press 5j - to move the cursor 5 lines down
4. To Move the cursor up in vi editor
Press k
Press 5k - to move the cursor 5 lines up
5. To move the cursor to the right one word at a time in vi editor
Press w (“word”)
Press 5w - to move the cursor 5 words right
6. To move the cursor to the left one word at a time in vi editor
Press b (“back”)
Press 5b - to move the cursor 5 words left
7. To move the cursor to the last character of the current word in vi editor
Press e (“end”)
Moving to Start or End of Line
8. To move the cursor to the start of the current line in vi editor
Press ^ or Press 0
9. To move the cursor to the end of the current line in vi editor
Press $
10. To move the cursor to the beginning of the next line down in vi editor
Press the Return key
11. To move the cursor one character to the left in vi editor
Press the Back Space key
12. To move the cursor one character to the right in vi editor
Press the Space Bar
13. To move the cursor to the top of the screen in vi editor
Press H (“high”)
14. Move to the first non-blank character of the line in vi editor
Press ^
15. Jump forward one sentence in vi editor
Press )
16. Jump backward one sentence in vi editor
Press (
17. Jump forward one paragraph in vi editor
Press }
18. Jump backward one paragraph in vi editor
Press {
19. Jump to the middle of the screen in vi editor
Press M
20. Jump to the bottom of the screen in vi editor
Press L
21. Move the cursor to the end of file in vi editor
Press G
22. To create line numbers at the beginning of file in vi editor
:set number
23. Append or add a text next to the cursor in vi editor
Press a and type your content and press esc when finished
24. Insert a text at the left of the cursor in vi editor
Press i and type your content and press esc when finished.
25. Insert new line below the cursor in vi editor
Press o
26. Insert new line above the cursor in vi editor
Press O
27. Undoing a previous command or a change in vi editor
Press u
28. Undo all changes made to a line in vi editor
Press U
29. To delete one character, position the cursor over the character to be deleted in vi editor
Press x
30. To delete a word, place the cursor at the beginning of the word in vi editor
Press dw
31. To delete a line, place the cursor anywhere on the line in vi editor
Press dd
Copying Lines
32. To Copy a line, place the cursor anywhere on the line in vi editor
Press yy
33. Paste the copied line, place the cursor above the line we need to paste in vi editor
Press p
Press P - paste the copied line to the above line
Searching and Replacing
34. Search a string in vi editor
:s/string
The first match of your string will be highlighted, Type n to see the additional occurance of nex match.
35. Search and Replace a string in a line in vi editor
:s/pattern/replace/
This will replace the pattern with replace in the current line
36. Search and Replace a string in a entire file in vi editor
:%s/pattern/replace/
This will replace every occurance of pattern with replace
~Judi~
