Vi Commands and Text Blaze

Certainly! Below is a list of basic vi commands categorized by their functionality:

Basic Navigation

• h: Move cursor left
• j: Move cursor down
• k: Move cursor up
• l: Move cursor right
• 0 (zero): Move to the beginning of the line
• ^: Move to the first non-blank character of the line
• $: Move to the end of the line
• w: Move to the beginning of the next word
• b: Move to the beginning of the previous word
• e: Move to the end of the next word
• G: Move to the end of the file
• gg: Move to the beginning of the file
• H: Move to the top of the screen
• M: Move to the middle of the screen
• L: Move to the bottom of the screen

Inserting Text

• i: Insert before the cursor
• I: Insert at the beginning of the line
• a: Append after the cursor
• A: Append at the end of the line
• o: Open a new line below the current line
• O: Open a new line above the current line

Deleting Text

• x: Delete the character under the cursor
• X: Delete the character before the cursor
• dd: Delete the current line
• dw: Delete from the cursor to the end of the word
• d$: Delete from the cursor to the end of the line
• d^: Delete from the cursor to the beginning of the line
• D: Delete from the cursor to the end of the line (same as d$)

Changing Text

• cw: Change from the cursor to the end of the word
• cc: Change the entire line
• C: Change from the cursor to the end of the line
• r: Replace a single character
• R: Enter replace mode

Copying and Pasting

• yy: Yank (copy) the current line
• yw: Yank (copy) from the cursor to the end of the word
• y$: Yank (copy) from the cursor to the end of the line
• p: Paste after the cursor
• P: Paste before the cursor

Undo and Redo

• u: Undo the last change
• U: Undo all changes on the current line
• Ctrl + r: Redo the last undone change

Search and Replace

• /pattern: Search for pattern
• ?pattern: Search backward for pattern
• n: Repeat the last search
• N: Repeat the last search in the opposite direction
• :%s/old/new/g: Replace all occurrences of old with new in the entire file

Exiting

• :w: Write (save) the file
• :q: Quit vi
• :wq: Write (save) and quit
• :q!: Quit without saving changes
• :x: Write (save) and quit (same as :wq)

Visual Mode

• v: Start visual mode (character-wise)
• V: Start visual mode (line-wise)
• Ctrl + v: Start visual block mode

Advanced Editing

• .: Repeat the last change
• J: Join the current line with the next line
• >: Indent line right
• <: Indent line left

Miscellaneous

• :set number: Show line numbers
• :set nonumber: Hide line numbers
• :help: Open the help file

These commands cover a wide range of basic and intermediate functionality in vi. If you need more advanced or specific commands, feel free to ask!

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