"vi and You : An Instructional Handout"
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vi <filename>		- to edit a file called <filename>
vi			- brings up editor with no filename
:q :wq ZZ :q! 		- to exit vi (several ways)
			 1) :q - allows you to exit if no changes were made
			 2) :wq - writes changes to the file, then exits
			 3) ZZ - writes changes to the file, then exits
			 4) :q! - exits the edit session, WITHOUT saving changes
:w			- to save changes without leaving edit session
:<#1>,<#2> w <filename> 	- save section to a new file called <filename>


Moving around in COMMAND MODE
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	h - left
	j - down
	k - up
	l - right

	^b - back one screen
	^f - forward one screen
	^g - show current line number
	:set number - display line numbers along left side of screen
	:set nonumber - turn off line numbers along left side of screen

	:<#> - goto line number <#>
	<#>G - goto line number <#>
	1G - goto first line
	$G - goto last line
	:$ - goto last line
	G - goto last line
	^ - goto start of current line
	$ - goto end of current line
	
	u - undo last change made
	U - undo all changes made to current line


COMMAND mode <--> EDIT mode
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	i - insert before current position (EDIT mode)
	I - insert at beginning of current line (EDIT mode)
	a - append after current position (EDIT mode)
	A - append at end of current line (EDIT mode)
	o - open new line below current line (EDIT mode)
	O - open new line above current line (EDIT mode)
	<esc> - return to COMMAND mode


Edit commands
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	x - delete current character
	dd - delete current line
	d$ - delete to end of current line
	dw - delete to end of current word
	r - replace current character with next character typed
	R - overwrite characters until <esc> is typed


Searching & Replacing
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	/<string> - forward search for <string>
	?<string> - backward search for <string>
	:<#1>,<#2> s/<orig string>/<new string>/g - replace all occurrences of
		the old string in the range between the two line numbers 
		with the new string


Moving & Copying
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	:<#1>,<#2> t <#3> - copy text between <#1> and <#2> to line <#3>
	:<#1>,<#2> m <#3> - move text between <#1> and <#2> to line <#3>
	{NOTE : "." means "current line"   "$" means "last line" here}

	:r <filename> - brings in the file <filename> at the cursor



Copyright 1996  -  Evan Golub