Table B-11. vi control mode commands
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Command
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Meaning
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h
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Move left one character
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l
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Move right one character
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w
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Move right one word
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b
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Move left one word
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W
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Move to beginning of next non-blank word
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B
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Move to beginning of preceding non-blank word
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e
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Move to end of current word
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E
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Move to end of current non-blank word
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0
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Move to beginning of line
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.
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Repeat the last a insertion.
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^
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Move to first non-blank character in line
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$
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Move to end of line
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i
|
Insert text before current character
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a
|
Insert text after current character
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I
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Insert text at beginning of line
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A
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Insert text at end of line
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R
|
Overwrite existing text
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dh
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Delete one character backward
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dl
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Delete one character forward
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db
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Delete one word backward
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dw
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Delete one word forward
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dB
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Delete one non-blank word backward
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dW
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Delete one non-blank word forward
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d$
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Delete to end of line
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d0
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Delete to beginning of line
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D
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Equivalent to d$ (delete to end of
line)
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dd
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Equivalent to 0d$ (delete entire
line)
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C
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Equivalent to c$ (delete to end of
line, enter input mode)
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cc
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Equivalent to 0c$ (delete entire
line, enter input mode)
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x
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Equivalent to dl (delete character
forwards)
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X
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Equivalent to dh (delete character
backwards)
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k or -
|
Move backward one line
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j or +
|
Move forward one line
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G
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Move to line given by repeat count
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/string
|
Search forward for string
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?string
|
Search backward for string
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n
|
Repeat search forward
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N
|
Repeat search backward
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fx
|
Move right to next occurrence of x
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Fx
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Move left to previous occurrence of x
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tx
|
Move right to next occurrence of x, then back
one space
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Tx
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Move left to previous occurrence of x, then
forward one space
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;
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Redo last character finding command
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,
|
Redo last character finding command in opposite direction
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\
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Do filename completion
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*
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Do wildcard expansion (onto command line)
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\=
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Do wildcard expansion (as printed list)
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~
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Invert (twiddle) case of current character(s)
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\_
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Append last word of previous command, enter input mode
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CTRL-L
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Start a new line and redraw the current line on it
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#
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Prepend # (comment character) to the
line and send it to history
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