Common vi editor command list

Common vi editor command list

From:http://www.freeos.com/guides/lsst/misc.htm#commonvi

For this Purpose
Use this vi Command Syntax

To insert new text
esc + i ( You have to press 'escape' key then 'i')

To save file
esc + : + w (Press 'escape' key  then 'colon' and finally 'w')

To save file with file name (save as)
esc + : + w  "filename"

To quit the vi editor
esc + : + q

To quit without saving
esc + : + q!

To save and quit vi editor
esc + : + wq

To search for specified word in forward direction
esc + /word (Press 'escape' key, type /word-to-find, for e.g. to find word 'shri', type as
/shri)

To continue with search 
n

To search for specified word in backward direction
esc + ?word (Press 'escape' key, type word-to-find)

To copy the line where cursor is located
esc + yy

To paste the text just deleted or copied at the cursor
esc + p

To delete entire line where cursor is located
esc + dd

To delete word from cursor position
esc + dw

To Find all occurrence of given word and Replace then globally without confirmation 
esc + :$s/word-to-find/word-to-replace/g

For. e.g. :$s/mumbai/pune/g
Here word "mumbai" is replace with "pune"

To Find all occurrence of given word and Replace then globally with confirmation
esc + :$s/word-to-find/word-to-replace/cg

To run shell command like ls, cp or date etc within vi
esc + :!shell-command
For e.g. :!pwd