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“man ls |col -b > ” will give the text file same as man ls.<\/p>\n
While in vi you can run AIX commands without exiting the editing session. The! creates a
\nshell to execute the command that follows.
\n1. :!ls will create a shell
\n2. All files in the current directory are listed. Press return to exit the shell and return to the
\nvi session or…
\n3. While still in command mode, issue the :r snacks command
\n4. The contents of snacks, in this case, are read into the vi file. By default, it will appear
\nafter the current line.
\nIf you need to run a series of commands without returning to vi after the first command is
\nexecuted, enter :sh. When you have run all the commands, press to exit the shell
\nand return to vi.<\/p>\n
vi has many modes of operation. Some of these will affect the way text is presented, while
\nothers will make editing easier for novice users.
\n:set all display all settings
\n:set display settings different than the default
\n:set ai sets autoindent on
\n:set noai turns autoindent mode off
\n:set nu enables line numbers
\n:set nonu turns line numbers off
\n:set list displays non-printable characters
\n:set nolist hides non-printable characters
\n:set showmode shows the current mode of operation
\n:set noshowmode hides mode of operation
\n:set ts=4 sets tabs to 4-character jumps
\n:set ic ignores case sensitivity
\n:set noic case sensitive<\/p>\n
\/word \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Search \u201cword\u201d from top to bottom
\n?word \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Search \u201cword\u201d from bottom to top
\n\/jo[ha]n \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Search \u201cjohn\u201d or \u201cjoan\u201d
\n\/\\< the \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Search \u201cthe\u201d, \u201ctheatre\u201d or \u201cthen\u201d
\n\/the\\> \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Search \u201cthe\u201d or \u201cbreathe\u201d
\n\/\\ \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Search \u201cthe\u201d
\n\/\\ \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Search all words of 4 letters
\n\/\\\/ \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Search \u201cfred\u201d but not \u201calfred\u201d or \u201cfrederick\u201d
\n\/fred\\|joe \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Search \u201cfred\u201d or \u201cjoe\u201d
\n\/\\ \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Search exactly 4 digits
\n\/^\\n\\{3} \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Find 3 empty lines
\n:bufdo \/searchstr\/ \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Search in all open files<\/p>\n
:%s\/old\/new\/g \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Replace all occurences of \u201cold\u201d by \u201cnew\u201d in file
\n:%s\/old\/new\/gw \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Replace all occurences with confirmation
\n:2,35s\/old\/new\/g \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Replace all occurences between lines 2 and 35
\n:5,$s\/old\/new\/g \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Replace all occurences from line 5 to EOF
\n:%s\/^\/hello\/g \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Replace the begining of each line by \u201chello\u201d
\n:%s\/$\/Harry\/g \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Replace the end of each line by \u201cHarry\u201d
\n:%s\/onward\/forward\/gi \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Replace \u201conward\u201d by \u201cforward\u201d , case unsensitive
\n:%s\/ *$\/\/g \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Delete all white spaces
\n:g\/string\/d \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Delete all lines containing \u201cstring\u201d
\n:v\/string\/d \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Delete all lines containing which didn’t contain \u201cstring\u201d
\n:s\/Bill\/Steve\/ \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Replace the first occurence of \u201cBill\u201d by \u201cSteve\u201d in current line
\n:s\/Bill\/Steve\/g \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Replace \u201cBill\u201d by \u201cSteve\u201d in current line
\n:%s\/Bill\/Steve\/g \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Replace \u201cBill\u201d by \u201cSteve\u201d in all the file
\n:%s\/\\r\/\/g \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Delete DOS carriage returns (^M)
\n:%s\/\\r\/\\r\/g \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Transform DOS carriage returns in returns
\n:%s#]\\+>##g \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Delete HTML tags but keeps text
\n:%s\/^\\(.*\\)\\n\\1$\/\\1\/ \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Delete lines which appears twice
\nCtrl+a \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Increment number under the cursor
\nCtrl+x \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Decrement number under cursor
\nggVGg? \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Change text to Rot13<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Vu \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Lowercase line
\nVU \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Uppercase line
\ng~~ \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Invert case
\nvEU \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Switch word to uppercase
\nvE~ \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Modify word case
\nggguG \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Set all text to lowercase
\n:set ignorecase \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Ignore case in searches
\n:set smartcase \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Ignore case in searches excepted if an uppercase letter is used
\n:%s\/\\<.\/\\u&\/g \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Sets first letter of each word to uppercase
\n:%s\/\\<.\/\\l&\/g \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Sets first letter of each word to lowercase
\n:%s\/.*\/\\u& \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Sets first letter of each line to uppercase
\n:%s\/.*\/\\l& \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Sets first letter of each line to lowercase<\/p>\n
:1,10 w outfile \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Saves lines 1 to 10 in outfile
\n:1,10 w >> outfile \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Appends lines 1 to 10 to outfile
\n:r infile \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Insert the content of infile
\n:23r infile \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Insert the content of infile under line 23<\/p>\n
:e . \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Open integrated file explorer
\n:Sex \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Split window and open integrated file explorer
\n:browse e \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Graphical file explorer
\n:ls \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0List buffers
\n:cd .. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Move to parent directory
\n:args \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0List files
\n:args *.php \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Open file list
\n:grep expression *.php \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Returns a list of .php files contening expression
\ngf \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Open file name under cursor<\/p>\n
:!pwd \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Execute the \u201cpwd\u201d unix command, then returns to Vi
\n!!pwd \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Execute the \u201cpwd\u201d unix command and insert output in file
\n:sh \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Temporary returns to Unix
\n$exit \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Retourns to Vi<\/p>\n
:%!fmt \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Align all lines
\n!}fmt \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Align all lines at the current position
\n5!!fmt \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Align the next 5 lines<\/p>\n
:tabnew \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Creates a new tab
\ngt \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Show next tab
\n:tabfirst \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Show first tab
\n:tablast \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Show last tab
\n:tabm n(position) \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Rearrange tabs
\n:tabdo %s\/foo\/bar\/g \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Execute a command in all tabs
\n:tab ball \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Puts all open files in tabs<\/p>\n
:e filename \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Edit filename in current window
\n:split filename \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Split the window and open filename
\nctrl-w up arrow \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Puts cursor in top window
\nctrl-w ctrl-w \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Puts cursor in next window
\nctrl-w_ \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Maximise current window
\nctrl-w= \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Gives the same size to all windows
\n10 ctrl-w+ \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Add 10 lines to current window
\n:vsplit file \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Split window vertically
\n:sview file \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Same as :split in readonly mode
\n:hide \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Close current window
\n:only \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Close all windows, excepted current
\n:b 2 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Open #2 in this window<\/p>\n
Ctrl+n Ctrl+p (in insert mode) \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Complete word
\nCtrl+x Ctrl+l \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Complete line
\n:set dictionary=dict \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Define dict as a dictionnary
\nCtrl+x Ctrl+k \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Complete with dictionnary<\/p>\n
mk \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Marks current position as k
\n\u2018k \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Moves cursor to mark k
\nd\u2019k \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Delete all until mark k
\nAbbreviations
\n:ab pr printf(“This is a Demo Ver \\n”);\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Define pr as abbreviation of printf(“This is a Demo Ver \\n”);<\/p>\n
:set autoindent \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Turn on auto-indent
\n:set smartindent \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Turn on intelligent auto-indent
\n:set shiftwidth=4 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Defines 4 spaces as indent size
\nctrl-t, ctrl-d \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Indent\/un-indent in insert mode
\n>> \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Indent
\n<< \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Un-indent<\/p>\n
:syntax on \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Turn on syntax highlighting
\n:syntax off \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Turn off syntax highlighting
\n:set syntax=perl \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Force syntax highlighting<\/p>\n
:q[uit] \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Quit Vim. This fails when changes have been made.
\n:q[uit]! \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Quit without writing.
\n:cq[uit] \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Quit always, without writing.
\n:wq \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Write the current file and exit.
\n:wq! \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Write the current file and exit always.
\n:wq {file} \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Write to {file}. Exit if not editing the last
\n:wq! {file} \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Write to {file} and exit always.
\n:[range]wq[!] \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0[file] Same as above, but only write the lines in [range].
\nZZ \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Write current file, if modified, and exit.
\nZQ \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Quit current file and exit (same as “:q!”).<\/p>\n
:e[dit] \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Edit the current file. This is useful to re-edit the current file, when it has been changed outside \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0of Vim.
\n:e[dit]! \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Edit the current file always. Discard any changes to the current buffer. This is useful if you want \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0to start all over again.
\n:e[dit] {file} \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Edit {file}.
\n:e[dit]! {file} \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Edit {file} always. Discard any changes to the current buffer.
\ngf \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Edit the file whose name is under or after the cursor. Mnemonic: “goto file”.<\/p>\n
a \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Append text after the cursor [count] times.
\nA \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Append text at the end of the line [count] times.
\ni \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Insert text before the cursor [count] times.
\nI \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Insert text before the first non-blank in the line [count] times.
\ngI \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Insert text in column 1 [count] times.
\no \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Begin a new line below the cursor and insert text, repeat [count] times.
\nO \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Begin a new line above the cursor and insert text, repeat [count] times.<\/p>\n
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\n:r[ead] !{cmd} \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Execute {cmd} and insert its standard output below the cursor.
\n\u00a0<\/del><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"