Vi Editor Cheat Sheet.PDF

Assumptions: At the end of commands, if nothing happens press the ENTER or RETURN key. Unix is case

Search forward for string

Search backward for string

vi lename Normal wayofentering vi

:s/old/new/n Search and replace n times

Delete n lines

Change current lename to le

Delete n words

Yoryy Copy current line to new bu er

Go to line number n

Replace character with x

:!command Issue UNIX command from

Append le into vi

^B Scroll back one screen

^U Scroll back half screen

k Move up one line

Move left one character h ( = () = )

l Move right one character

Goto rst position on 0 (zero)

$ Goto last position on

j Movedown one line

^D Scroll forward half screen

^F Scroll forward one screen