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<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="VI-KEYS" name="VI-KEYS">16.7 Vi Keys</a></h1>

<p>This section is a quick reference of many common <tt class="COMMAND">vi</tt> commands.
Some of these were discussed earlier in the chapter, while many will be new.</p>

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<p><b>Table 16-1. Movement</b></p>

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<th align="CENTER">Operation</th>
<th align="CENTER">Key</th>
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<td>left, down, up, right</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">h</b>, <b class="KEYCAP">j</b>, <b
class="KEYCAP">k</b>, <b class="KEYCAP">l</b></td>
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<td>To the end of the line</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">$</b></td>
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<td>To the beginning of the line</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">^</b></td>
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<td>To the end of the file</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">G</b></td>
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<td>To the beginning of the file</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">:1</b></td>
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<td>To line 47</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">:47</b></td>
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<p><b>Table 16-2. Editing</b></p>

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<th align="CENTER">Key</th>
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<td>Removing a line</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">dd</b></td>
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<td>Removing five lines</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">5dd</b></td>
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<td>Replacing a character</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">r</b></td>
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<td>Removing a character</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">x</b></td>
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<td>Removing ten characters</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">10x</b></td>
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<td>Undo last action</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">u</b></td>
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<td>Join current and next lines</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">J</b></td>
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<td>Replace old with new, globally</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">%s'old'new'g</b></td>
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<p><b>Table 16-3. Searching</b></p>

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<th align="CENTER">Operation</th>
<th align="CENTER">Key</th>
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<td>Search for &#8220;asdf&#8221;</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">/asdf</b></td>
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<td>Search backwards for &#8220;asdf&#8221;</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">?asdf</b></td>
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<td>Repeat last search forwards</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">/</b></td>
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<td>Repeat last search backwards</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">?</b></td>
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<td>Repeat last search, same direction</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">n</b></td>
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<td>Repeat last search, opposite direction</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">N</b></td>
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<p><b>Table 16-4. Saving and Quitting</b></p>

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<td>Quit</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">:q</b></td>
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<td>Quit without saving</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">:q!</b></td>
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<td>Write and quit</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">:wq</b></td>
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<td>Write, without quitting</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">:w</b></td>
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<td>Reload currently open file</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">:e!</b></td>
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<td>Write buffer to file <tt class="FILENAME">asdf</tt></td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">:w asdf</b></td>
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<td>Open file <tt class="FILENAME">hejaz</tt></td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">:e hejaz</b></td>
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<td>Read file <tt class="FILENAME">asdf</tt> into buffer</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">:r asdf</b></td>
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<td>Read output of <tt class="COMMAND">ls</tt> into buffer</td>
<td align="CENTER"><b class="KEYCAP">:r !ls</b></td>
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