- i edit befor cursor
- a edit after cursor
- o edit new line befor cursor
- O edit new line after cursor
- r replace char
- cw change word
- dw delete word
- x delete
- 7x dlete 7 chars
- dd delete line
- w write file
- wq write quit
- q! force quit
- [Ctrl]+ ZZ quit writing if needed
Use / [string] to search ( n for next)
Use [Ctrl+V] to enter escape codes
Ie. [Ctrl+V] [backspace] makes a ^H (ie to use in .profile when you do a stty erase ^H)
Character h, j, k, l Left, down, up, right (, , , ) Text w, W, b, B Forward, backward by word e, E End of word ), ( Beginning of next, previous sentence }, { Beginning of next, previous paragraph ]], [[ Beginning of next, previous section Lines 0, $ First, last position of current line ^ First character of current line (ignore spaces) +, - First character of next, previous line n| Column n of current line H Top line of screen M Middle line of screen L Last line of screen nH n (number) of lines after top line nL n (number) of lines before last line Screens [CTRL-F], [CTRL-B] Scroll forward, backward one screen [CTRL-D] [CTRL-U] Scroll down, up one-half screen [CTRL-E] [CTRL-Y] Show one more line at bottom, top of window z [RETURN] Reposition line with cursor: to top of screen z. Reposition line with cursor: to middle of screen z- Reposition line with cursor: to bottom of screen [CTRL-L] [CTRL-R] Redraw screen (without scrolling) Searches /pattern Search forward for pattern ?pattern Search backward for pattern n, N Repeat last search in same, opposite direction /, ? Repeat previous search forward, backward fx Search forward for character x in current line Fx Search backward for character x in current line tx Search forward for character before x in current line Tx Search backward for character after x in current line
- Repeat previous current-line search
' Repeat previous current-line search in opposite direction Line number [CTRL-G] Display current line number nG Move to line number n G Move to last line in file
- n Move to line number n
Marking position mx Mark current position as x `x Move cursor to x `` Return to previous mark or context 'x Move to beginning of line containing mark x Return to beginning of line containing previous mark