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VI Editor
Using the vi Commands
Use the following commands to start and end
text, modify, move, and delete old text, as well as read from and write to files other files. Although
there are numerous
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Table 11: Cutting and Pasting/Deleting Text in vi
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d
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p
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Table 12: Inserting New Text
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commands, only a few are usually sufficient to
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commands.
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Cutting and Pasting/Deleting Text in vi on page 44
Inserting New Text on page 44
Moving the Cursor Around the Screen on page 45
Replacing Text on page 45
Specify a buffer to be used any of the commands using buffers. Follow the
character with a letter or a number, which corresponds to a buffer.
Deletes text. "
dd
Whatever is deleted is placed into the buffer specified with the
no buffer is specified, then the general buffer is used.
Delete to the end of the line from the current cursor position.
Paste the specified buffer after the current cursor position or line. If no buffer
is specified (with the
Paste the specified buffer before the current cursor position or line. If no buffer
is specified (with the
Delete character under the cursor. A count tells how many characters to delete.
The characters will be deleted after the cursor.
Delete the character before the cursor.
Yank text, putting the result into a buffer.
number yanks that many lines. The buffer can be specified with the
command. If no buffer is specified, then the general buffer is used.
Yank the current line into the specified buffer. If no buffer is specified, then
the general buffer is used.
Append at the end of the current line.
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Insert from the beginning of a line.
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