- vi myfile.txt
to open file with vi editor - vi + myfile.txt
cursor goes to end of the file - vi +200 myfile.txt
cursor goes to 200th row - :set list
:set nolist
see hidden characters or not - :set number
:set nonumber
see number of lines or not - :set paste
activate paste option before get into insert mode (to resolve the commented lines problem) - :set nopaste
deactivate paste option before get into insert mode - :[line_number]
cursor goes to desired line - l, k, h, j
cursor goes to right, up, left, down - w
cursor goes to next word - b
cursor goes to start of the current word - gg
go top - shift + g
go bottom - dd
remove row - p
paste the clipboard data - x
remove one char - yy
copy the row - u
undo last operation - o
add new row - :%d
delete all lines - /hello
find "hello" word
n
go to next searched word
N
go to previous searched word
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Saturday, 22 November 2014
Useful shortcuts for vi editor
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