For this Purpose | Use this vi Command Syntax |
To insert new text | esc + i ( You have to press ‘escape’ key then ‘i’) |
To save file | esc + : + w (Press ‘escape’ key then ‘colon’ and finally ‘w’) |
To save file with file name (save as) | esc + : + w "filename" |
To quit the vi editor | esc + : + q |
To quit without saving | esc + : + q! |
To save and quit vi editor | esc + : + wq |
To search for specified word in forward direction | esc + /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 direction | esc + ?word (Press ‘escape’ key, type word-to-find) |
To copy the line where cursor is located | esc + yy |
To paste the text just deleted or copied at the cursor | esc + p |
To delete entire line where cursor is located | esc + dd |
To delete word from cursor position | esc + dw |
To Find all occurrence of given word and Replace then globally without confirmation | esc + :$s/word-to-find/word-to-replace/g For. e.g. :$s/mumbai/pune/g |
To Find all occurrence of given word and Replace then globally with confirmation | esc + :$s/word-to-find/word-to-replace/cg |
To run shell command like ls, cp or date etc within vi | esc + :!shell-command For e.g. :!pwd |
Note:
the "esc + :$s/word-to-find/word-to-replace/g " in above, the "s" is the abbrevaion of substitute
and more details about how to find and replace text, pls refer ★★★★★【转】vim文本编辑器中查找并替换功能详解 http://www.vim.org/htmldoc/usr_10.html
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