Vi Short Command Reference
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Vi short command reference(Learn or review your Vi commands with this concise reference) |
Operation
| i | input mode |
| esc | command mode |
| :se number | display line numbers |
| :se nonumber | don't display line numbers |
| :e | open file |
| :w | save (write) file to disk |
| :wq | save and quit |
| :q! | quit but don't save |
| number,command | apply command number times (e.g. 4,x = delete 4 characters) |
| . | repeat last effective cmd |
| esc,u | undo it |
| ctrl-r | redo it |
| - | go to beginning of previous line |
| 0 (zero) or ^ | go to beginning of this line |
| $ | go to end of this line |
| ret or + | = go to beginning of next line (NOT THE SAME AS INPUT RETURN) |
| w | go to beginning of next word |
| b | go to beginning of this word |
| e | go to end of this word |
| sft-h | go to first line onscreen |
| sft-l | go to last line onscreen |
| ctrl-f | forward (down) one screen |
| ctrl-b | backward (up) one screen |
| 1,sft-g | top of the buffer |
| sft-g | bottom of the buffer (i.e. EOF) |
| line,sft-g | go to line (e.g. 3,5,sft-g = line 35) |
| = column 4) | |
| sft-J | Join / bring next line up (append next line to end) |
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