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You open a file using the vi editor. Start by typing some characters and then come to the command mode to understand the difference. Getting Out of vi The command to quit out of vi is :q. Once in the command mode, type colon, and 'q', followed by return. If your file has been modified in any way, the editor will warn you of this, and not let 3 modes of vi command mode you can navigate the file and use the commands on this sheet insert mode you insert text into the file and can move around (using the arrows) in the file if you are using vim. You exit insert mode by pressing the ESC key. special command mode Allows you to enter special commands. While in command mode, press : u To do this, type '/re' and hit the Enter key, which instructs vi to move the cursor to the first instance of 're' relative to the current cursor position. (Note that typing only '/r' would have moved the cursor to the first instance of 'r', which would be the 'r' in 'brown', not what we want.) The VI editor lets a user create new files or edit existing files. The command to start the VI editor is vi, followed by the filename. For example to edit a file called temporary, you would type vi temporary and then return. You can start VI without a filename, but when you want to save your work, you will have to tell VI which filename to save VI Editing commands. i - Insert at cursor (goes into insert mode) a - Write after cursor (goes into insert mode) A - Write at the end of line (goes into insert mode) ESC - Terminate insert mode. u - Undo last change. U - Undo all changes to the entire line. o - Open a new line (goes into insert mode) dd - Delete line. This applies to almost all vi commands Undo and repeat command u- undo the changes made by editing commands (dot or period) repeats the last edit command Copy, cut and paste in vi yy- (yank) copy current line to buffer nyy- Where nis number of lines p- Paste the yanked lines from buffer to the line below Miscellany: The commands on these two pages are just the start. Many more powerful commands exist in VI. More complete descriptions of all the possible commands are available on the web; search for "vi tutorial" or "vim tutorial". Useful commands include u undo the last change to the file (and type "u" again to re−do the change) • Hitting 'v' will switch vi (on vim, elvis, gvim, etc versions) to visual mode. visual mode was added later, old versions of vi won't have it • v will let text be highlighted through the use of movement commands • Hitting 'v' while in visual mode will drop you back to command mode 20 xp Transpose/switch letters. u Undo previous command. ~ Change case of letter. U Undo all changes to current line.:u Undo previous last line command.:w Save changes.:w new_file Save with name new_file :set nu Show line numbers.:w! existing Overwrite existing file existing :set nonu Hide line numbers,:wq Save changes and quit vi. :set ic Search Vi has two modes insertion mode and command mode. The editor begins in command mode, where the cursor movement and text deletion and pasting occur. Insertion mode begins upon entering an insertion or change command. [ESC] returns the editor to command mode (where you can quit, for example by