Vi editor commands to edit files

AIX Text Editor (Vi Editor) Commands

• Esc To switch between insert or command mode

• Insert mode
• a Insert text after the cursor
• i Insert text before the cursor
• I Insert text of the top of the line
• A Insert text of the bottom of the line
• x Supress a character
• o Insert text in the next line
• O insert text in the previous line
• r Replace the current character
• R Edit the current line in typeover
• cc Change line
• cw Change word
• C Change from current position to the end of line
• dw Delete a word from the cursor position
• dd Delete the line and place to the buffer
• yy Copy line in the buffer
• p Copy the content of the buffer after the current line
• P Copy the content of the buffer before the current line

• Position command
• l Go  right
• h Go left
• k Go  up
• j Go down
• b Go a word left
• w Go a word right
• $ Go to the end of the line
• O Go to the top of the line
• :24 Go to  line 24
• gg or 1G  Go to the first line of the document
• G Go the last line of the document

• Global Comand

• / Search string
• :1,$s/a/b/g Replace character b from a, from the 1st line to the end of a file
• :r Insert a file at the position of the cursor
• :q!  Quit without saving a fle
• :w  Write  a file
• :wq Write and quit a file