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Saturday, 8 September 2012

vi editor Command list in Linux

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We have lot of commands that we can  use inside a vi editor in Linux. Out of which, I have listed a few common commands that we can use in vi editor for creating a shell script or any other document.


 For this PurposeUse this vi Command Syntax
To insert new textesc + i ( You have to press 'escape' key then 'i')
To save fileesc + : + w (Press 'escape' key  then 'colon' and finally 'w')
To save file with file name (save as)esc + : + w  "filename"
To quit the vi editoresc + : + q
To quit without savingesc + : + q!
To save and quit vi editoresc + : + wq
To search for specified word in forward directionesc + /word (Press 'escape' key, type /word-to-find, for e.g. to find word 'shri', type as
/shri)
To continue with search n
To search for specified word in backward directionesc + ?word (Press 'escape' key, type word-to-find)
To copy the line where cursor is locatedesc + yy
To paste the text just deleted or copied at the cursoresc + p
To delete entire line where cursor is locatedesc + dd
To delete word from cursor positionesc + dw
To Find all occurrence of given word and Replace then globally without confirmation esc + :$s/word-to-find/word-to-replace/gFor. e.g. :$s/mumbai/pune/g
Here word "mumbai" is replace with "pune"
To Find all occurrence of given word and Replace then globally with confirmationesc + :$s/word-to-find/word-to-replace/cg
To run shell command like ls, cp or date etc within viesc + :!shell-command

For e.g. :!pwd

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