vi-commands

h | top of the current page

nH 'n' lines from top of current page
M middle of the current page
L bottom of the current page
nL 'n'lines from bottom of the current page

^R,^L refresh sceen

$ end of the current line

^ beginning of current line ( first non-blank character )
0 ( zero ) first charecter of current line

^D down half page

^U up half pege
^F forward one page
^B backward one page

G end of file
nG line number 'n'

h left one charecter

j down one line
k up one line
l (ell) right one charecter

<Ret> (Return or Enter) forward one line

- backward one line
 (backspace) left one charecter
spc (spacebar) right one charecter

i insert (before the current charecter)

a append (after current charecter)
I (capital i) inserte at the begining of the current line
A append at the end of current line

x delete the charecter on the cursor

X delete the charecter after the cursor
o open new line after current line
O open new line befor the current line

<SHIFT>+~change case of current charecter

n<SHIFT>+~change the case of n charecters following

dd delete current line

cc change current line
r replace curent charecter
R overwrite line (starting from the current cursor position)

s substitute the current chrecter by one or more charecters

ns substitute 'n' charecters (starting from current) by one
or more charecters
u undo last change
U undo changes made to the curent line
. (dot) redo last change

w,W move cursor forward by one word

b,B move cursor backward by one word
e,E move cursor to the end of the current word or if it already
exist,to the end of next word
) move forward one sentence
) move backward one sentence

fx find next occurance of charecter 'x'

Fx find previous occurance of charecter'x'
; (semi-colon) repeat search in forward direction
, (comma) repeat search in backward direction
tx stops one charecter before next occurance of charecter'x'
Tx stops one charecter after occurance

/ search the whole file for text following '/'

? search in backward direction (otherwise same as '/')
n repeate previous search
N repeate the previous search in the opposite directiuon

'' (two single quotes) go back to the line on which the

cursor was before the search

p (purge) put the most recent deleted text after the current
line/charecter
P put before the current line or charecter
yy yank or copy line
nyy copy n lines

> shift right by 8 charecters

< shift left by 8 charecters

%/s/old_text/new_text/g change all occurences (global) of

old_text to new_text in the whole file

%/s/old_text/new_text/c confirm before changing each line

%/s/old_text/new_text/p print each line as it goes

:g/old_text/s//new_text/g

:g/^(start of each line)/s//new_text/g

:g/$(end of each line)/s//new_text/g

:g/\/oping\/ingres\/files.old/s//\/oping\/ingres\/files/g