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Vi Input Mode Commands
#, <BACKSPACE> | delete the previous character |
Ctl-d | terminate the Korn shell |
Ctl-v | escape the next character |
Ctl-w | delete the previous word |
Ctl-x, @ | kill the entire line |
<RETURN> | execute the current line |
\ | escape the next erase or kill character |
Vi Motion Edit Commands
[n]b, [n]<BACKSPACE> | move left one character |
[n]l, [n]<SPACE> | move forward one character |
[n]b | move backward one word |
[n]B | move backward one word; ignore punctuation |
[n]w | move forward one word |
[n]W | move forward one word; ignore punctuation |
[n]e | move to the end of the next word |
[n]E | move to end of next word; ignore punctuation |
[n]fc | move forward to character c |
[n]Fc | move backward to character c |
[n]tc | move forward to character before character c |
[n]Tc | move backward to character before character c |
[n]; | repeat the last f, F, t, or T command |
[n], | repeat the last f, F, t, or T command, but in the opposite direction |
0 | move cursor to start of line |
^ | move cursor to first non-blank character in line |
$ | move cursor to end of line |
Vi Search/Edit History Commands
[n]G | get last command (or command n) |
[n]j, [n]+ | get next command from history file |
[n]k, [n] | get previous command from history file |
n | repeat last / or ? search |
N | repeat last / or ? search, except in opposite direction |
/string | search backward in the history file for command that matches string |
?string | search forward in the history file for command that matches string |
Vi Text Modification Commands
a | add text after the current character | |
A | append text to end of the current line | |
[n]cx, c[n]X | change current character up to the cursor position defined by X | |
[n]dX, d[n]X | delete current character up to the cursor position defined by X | |
[n]yX, y[n]X | copy current character up to the cursor position defined by X into buffer | |
X | used to define ending cursor position for c, d, or y commands | |
b | backwards to beginning of word | |
e | cursor to end of current word | |
w | cursor to beginning of next word | |
W B E | same as w b e, except ignore punctuation | |
0 | before cursor to end of current line | |
$ | cursor to end of current line | |
C | change current character to end of line | |
D | delete current character through end of line | |
i | insert text left of the current character | |
I | insert text before beginning of line | |
[n]p | put previously yanked/deleted text after cursor | |
[n]P | put previously yanked/deleted text before cursor | |
[n]rc | replace current character with c | |
R | replace text from cursor to <ESCAPE> | |
S | delete entire line and enter input mode | |
yy | copy the current line into the buffer | |
[n]x | delete the current character | |
[n]X | delete the previous character | |
[n]. | repeat the last text modification command | |
[n]~ | toggle the case of the current character | |
[n]_ | append last word of previous ksh command | |
\ | replace the current word with the filename that matches word*. For unique matches, append a / to directories and " " (space) for files. |
Vi Other Edit Commands
u | undo the last text modification command |
U | undo all text modification commands on the current line |
[n]v | return the output of the fc e command |
Ctl-l | redisplay current line |
Ctl-j | execute the current line |
Ctl-m | execute the current line |
# | insert a # (comment) at beginning of the current line |
= | list the files that match the current word* |
* | replace current word with the files that match word* |
@_c | insert value of alias c |
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