VI User Manual

VI User Manual

 

VI is the most commonly used text editing tool on Unix. As a UNIX Software tester, it is necessary to master it. Access the VI command VI filename: open or create a file and place the cursor at the beginning of the first line Vi + N filename: open the file and place the cursor at the beginning of line N Vi + filename: open the file and place the cursor at the beginning of the last line Vi +/pattern filename: open the file and place the cursor at the first string matching pattern VI-r filename: a system crash occurred when VI was being edited last time, restoring filename VI filename... filename: open multiple files and edit them in sequence Move cursor command H: move the cursor one character to the left L: move the cursor one character to the right Space: move the cursor one character to the right Backspace: move the cursor one character to the left K or Ctrl + P: move the cursor up a row J or Ctrl + N: move the cursor down a row Enter: move the cursor down a row W or W: move one word to the beginning of the word to the right of the cursor. B or B: move one word left to the beginning of the word E or E: move the cursor right to the end of a word J. ): Move the cursor to the end of the sentence. (: Move the cursor to the beginning of the sentence. }: Move the cursor to the beginning of the paragraph {: Move the cursor to the end of the paragraph NG: move the cursor to the beginning of line N N +: move the cursor down n rows N-: Move n rows above the cursor N $: move the cursor to the end of line N H: move the cursor to the top line of the screen M: move the cursor to the middle line of the screen L: move the cursor to the last line of the screen 0: (Note the number is zero) move the cursor to the beginning of the current row $: Move the cursor to the end of the current row Screen tumble command CTRL + u: half screen at the beginning of the file CTRL + D: Flip the half screen to the end of the file CTRL + F: Flip the screen to the end of the file CTRL + B; open a screen at the beginning of the file NZ: Rolls row n to the top of the screen. If n is not specified, the current row is rolled to the top of the screen. Insert text commands I: Before the cursor I: at the beginning of the current row A: After the cursor A: At the end of the current row O: open a new row under the current row O: open a new row above the current row. R: Replace the current character R: Replace the current and subsequent characters until you Press ESC. S: Starting from the current cursor position, replace the specified number of characters with the input text S: delete a specified number of rows and replace them with the input text NCW or NCW: modify a specified number of characters NCC: modifies a specified number of rows. DELETE command Ndw or ndw: n-1 characters starting at and following the cursor Do: Delete to the beginning of a row D $: Delete to the end of the row NDD: Delete the current row and the next n-1 row X or X: delete a character. x deletes the character after the cursor, and X deletes the character before the cursor. CTRL + u: delete text entered in input mode Search and replace commands: /Pattern: Search for pattern from the beginning of the cursor to the end of the file ? Pattern: Search for pattern from the beginning of the cursor N: Repeat the previous search command in the same direction. N: Repeat the previous search command in the reverse direction. : S/P1/P2/G: replace all p1 in the current row with P2. : N1, N2s/P1/P2/G: replace all P1 from line N1 to line N2 with P2. : G/P1/S // P2/G: replace all P1 files with P2. Option settings ALL: lists all options. Term: Set the terminal type Ignorance: Case Insensitive in search List: displays the stop table (CTRL + I) and end mark ($) Number: displays the row number. Report: displays the number of changes made by line-oriented commands. Terse: displays brief warning information Warn: No write information is displayed if the current file is not saved when it is transferred to another file. Nomagic: allows you to use special characters without "\" in search mode. Nowrapscan: Prohibit VI from searching at both ends of the file and starting from the other end. Mesg: Allows VI to display the information that other users write to their terminal using write. Last-line command : N1, N2 Co N3: copy the content from line N1 to line N2 to line N3. : N1, N2 M N3: Move the content from line N1 to line N2 to line N3 : N1, N2 D: Delete content from line N1 to line N2 : W: Save the current file : E filename: open the file filename and edit it. : X: Save the current file and exit. : Q: Exit VI. : Q! : Do not save the file and exit vi :! Command: execute shell command : N1, N2 W! Command: The content from line N1 to line N2 in the file is used as the command input and executed. If N1, N2 is specified, the entire file content is used as the command input. : R! Command: place the output result of the command to the current line.

 

VI User Manual