Miscellaneous Commands in Vi Text Editor for UNIX


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fixed Literal commands you type appear in Courier font
 italic Variables used with commands will appear in italics
 bold Keys or elements that you must click appear in bold
 [ ] Optional variables will appear in square brackets

 The following commands are helpful when using Vi:

u undo the last change
U undo the changes made to the current line
. repeat your last command again
" return to your previous position
' ' return to the beginning of the line at your previous position in the document
Ctrl + l redraw the screen if it has been altered by output from some other program or a transmission error (such as a talk request)
Ctrl + g print the line number of the current line and how many lines are in the document
% show matching (), {}, or [] when the current character is one of the characters
[num] J join num lines together, starting with the current line (delete the Returns between the lines)
:r filename    read a file into the document below the current line
~ change the case of the current character