vi Editor on AIX

VI Editor

A: append at the end of line.

I: insert at begin of line.

i: insert at cursor.

a: at next cursor.

G: end of the file.

1G: Go to first line.

nG: goes to nth line.

G: end of file.

M: Middle of the screen.

H: HOME, ie, top left of the current screen.

nG: go to line n.

To search a word :?wordname

h: move cursor left one character

j: move cursor down one line

k: move cursor up one line

l: move cursor right one character

vi -r filename: recover filename that was being edited when system crashed.

o: open and put text in a new line below current line

O: open and put text in a new line above current line

r: replace single character under cursor

R: replace characters, starting with current cursor position

C: change (replace) the characters in the current line

cc: change (replace) the entire current line

dgg: delete above lines

dG: delete below lines

Command mode

Editing mode

Insert mode

Four ways of insert

i at the same cursor position

Capital A

To the end of the line.

Capital I

Begin of the line.
Small a

Next to the cursor position

To copy a single line
yy

5yy

for five lines copy

nyy
n number of lines can copy.

1G
Goes to first line

10G
Goes to tenth line

11G
Goes to eleventh line

nG
Goes to the nth position

1H
Goes up to the current screen

Capital G
Goes to the end of the page

yw
To copy a word

nyw
n number of words can be copied

x
One character delete

dw
One word delete

dd
Delete a line

ndd
n number of lines can be deleted

To replace a character

Type small r and then type character.

To replace many characters from the cursor position Type capital R