VI Operation Small Summary

Open File
vi [file name];

Roll forward half Screen
Ctrl + u

Half-screen after rolling
Ctrl + D

Roll forward one screen
Ctrl + b

Roll back one screen
Ctrl + F

Line n roll to top of screen
nz

Move the cursor one cell to the right
??
L
Space

Move the cursor left one cell
??
H
Backspace

Move Cursor up
??
K
Ctrl + P

Move Cursor Down
??
J
Ctrl + N

Move the cursor right one word to the beginning of the word
W
W

Move the cursor left one word to the beginning of the word
B
B

Move the cursor right one word to the end of the word
E
E

Move cursor to end of sentence
)

Cursor moves to the beginning of a sentence
(

Move the cursor to the beginning of the paragraph
}

Move cursor to end of paragraph
{

Move the cursor down n rows
n+

Move the cursor up n rows
N-

The cursor moves to the beginning of nth
NG

The cursor moves to the end of the nth line
n$

Move the cursor to the top of the screen
H

Move the cursor to the middle of the screen
M

The cursor moves to the last line of the screen
L

Cursor moves to the beginning of the current line
0

Delete the n-1 characters at the beginning and after the cursor
Ndw
NdW

Delete to the beginning of the line
Do

Delete to end of line
d$:

Delete the current line and its subsequent n-1 rows
Ndd


Delete a character after the cursor
X

Delete a character before the cursor
X

Delete the text entered under input mode
Ctrl + u

Delete a row
Dd

Search for pattern backwards from the cursor
/pattern

Search the pattern forward from the cursor
? pattern

Repeat the search in the same direction
N

Repeat the search in the opposite direction
N

Replaces all P1 in the current row with P2
: s/p1/p2/g

Replace all P1 in line N1 to N2 with P2
: n1,n2s/p1/p2/g

Replace all P1 in the file with P2
: g/p1/s//p2/g

Copy the contents of the N1 line to the N2 line to line N3
: N1,N2 CO n3

Move the contents of the N1 line to the N2 line down to line N3
: n1,n2 m N3

Delete the contents of N1 rows to N2 rows
: N1,n2 D

Save current file
: W

Save the current file and exit
: X

Exit VI
: Q

Do not save the file and Exit VI
: q!

Insert text match either the current character
I

Inserting text at the beginning of a line
I

Add text after the current character
A

Add text at the end of a row
A

Insert a blank line after the current line
O

Insert a blank line before the current line
O

Enter text in a rewritten manner
R

VI Operation Small Summary