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Vi Commands

This document outlines essential vi commands for text editing, including modes for inserting, deleting, and changing text. It also provides navigation commands for moving the cursor within a file and commands for saving and closing the file. Key commands include 'i' for insert mode, 'dd' for deleting lines, and ':wq' for saving and quitting.

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Vi Commands

This document outlines essential vi commands for text editing, including modes for inserting, deleting, and changing text. It also provides navigation commands for moving the cursor within a file and commands for saving and closing the file. Key commands include 'i' for insert mode, 'dd' for deleting lines, and ':wq' for saving and quitting.

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vi Commands

i - Insert at cursor (goes into insert mode)


a - Write after cursor (goes into insert mode)
A - Write at the end of line (goes into insert mode)
ESC - Terminate insert mode
u - Undo last change
U - Undo all changes to the entire line
o - Open a new line (goes into insert mode)
dd - Delete line
3dd - Delete 3 lines.
D - Delete contents of line after the cursor
C - Delete contents of a line after the cursor and insert new text. Press ESC key
to end insertion.
dw - Delete word
4dw - Delete 4 words
cw - Change word
x - Delete character at the cursor
r - Replace character
R - Overwrite characters from cursor onward
s - Substitute one character under cursor continue to insert
S - Substitute entire line and begin to insert at the beginning of the line
~ - Change case of individual character

Moving within a file

k - Move cursor up
j - Move cursor down
h - Move cursor left
l - Move cursor right

Saving and Closing the file

Shift+zz - Save the file and quit


:w - Save the file but keep it open
:q - Quit without saving
:wq - Save the file and quit

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