The Vi Editor

VI is a standard text editor found on LINUX/UNIX systems. With VI you can create new files or edit existing files. To start VI you should type vi filename where filename is the name of a new or existing file which you wish to edit. Use the arrow keys to scroll through the document. The following is a list of the commands which are used in VI to edit documents. For a more complete description of the use of the VI editor, check out the section concerning VI in the LINUX Users' Guide written by Larry Greenfield

This is a partial list of the common VI command. To enter one of these command, press the ESC key then the command key which is listed below:

COMMAND	What it does
a	appends text after the cursor
A	appends text at end of the line
b	back up to beginning of word in current line
d	delete line
e	move to end of word
G	go to end of file
h	move the cursor to the left
H	move the cursor to the top of the screen
i	insert text before the cursor
I	insert text at beginning of line
j	move the cursor down
k	move the cursor up
l	move the cursor to the right
o	open a line below the current line
O	open a line above the current line
r	replace character at cursor with the next character typed
u	undo the last change made
U	restore current line, discarding changes
w	move to begining of next word
x	delete character at cursor
X	delete character before cursor
y	Yank (or coy) operator
Y	make copy of current line
$	go to end of line
:q!	quit VI without saving changes
:wq	write changes to file then quit VI