Hit Esc + Ctrl + Home : Jump start of file.However, you can use the following keyboard shortcuts too. This is nice for getting fine-grained segments of text.In short press the Esc key and then press Shift + G to move cursor to end of file in vi or vim text editor under Linux and Unix-like systems. Hit either x or y to add the highlighted text to the buffer. Now you can use the navigation keys (hjklw$) and the arrow keys to highlight text. Enjoy!Īs you can see by hitting 'v' you will enter visual mode. For instance, type 'ixaenn' 'ESC' (insert the text xaenn). If you hit '.' it will repeat your last command. Y - copy hightlighted text (from visual mode) X - cut highlighted text (from visual mode) It also has some nice features in "Visual" mode. Syntax highlighting in particular is one of them. Vim (Vi improved) has some nice improvements (surprisingly) over vi. :w! - save in a read only file (may need to be root)Īfter searching, you may use 'n' to skip to the next result. Note that text deletion commands also fill up vi's buffer, and may be pasted using 'p' and 'P'.
P - paste the buffer above the current line P - paste the buffer below the current line Y* - copy in the direction specified by * R - replace starting with the current characterĬ* - change in the direction specified by *ĭ* - delete in the direction specified by * O - insert a new line about the current line I - insert text at the beginning of the line Commands where this is possible will be written with a * as a placeholder for a navigation command. Used in conjuction with other commands, they set the direction of the command. Used alone, navigation commands will direct the cursor. This is a more thorough but far from complete list of vi commands.Ī number preceding any of these navigation, text deletion, or text modification commands issues it that many times. You must exit insert mode back to command mode in order to issue more commands. All keys are interpreted literally in this mode. Hitting either o or i will bring you into insert mode. O - insert a new line below the current line These commands are the bare essentials necessary for vi to be a useable text editor. This page is written using vim specifically, so some behavior might be slightly different when using vi. Here is a reference of some of the useful commands for working with vi. Vi can be very difficult to use at first.
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