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a
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Append text after cursor.
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A
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Append text at end-of-line.
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^A
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Search for next occurrence of word under cursor. Increment number in
vim when cursor is on a number.
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b
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Back up to beginning of word in current line.
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B
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Back up one word, treating punctuation marks as words.
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^B
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Scroll backward one window.
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c
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Change text up to target of next movement command.
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C
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Change to end of current line.
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^C
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End insert mode; interrupts a long operation.
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d
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Delete up to target of next movement command.
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D
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Delete to end of current line.
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^D
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Scroll down half-window; in insert mode, unindent to shiftwidth if autoindent is set (or when using vim).
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e
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Move to end of word.
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E
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Move to end of word, treating punctuation as part of word.
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^E
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Show one more line at bottom of window.
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f
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Find next character typed forward on current line.
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F
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Find next character typed backward on current line.
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^F
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Scroll forward one window.
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g
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Unused in vi. Begins many
multiple-character commands in vim.
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G
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Go to specified line or end-of-file.
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^G
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Print information about file on status line.
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h
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Left arrow cursor key.
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H
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Move cursor to home position.
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^H
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Left arrow cursor key; Backspace key in insert mode.
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i
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Insert text before cursor.
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I
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Insert text before first nonblank character on line.
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^I
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Unused in command mode; in insert mode, same as Tab key.
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j
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Down arrow cursor key.
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J
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Join previous line to current line.
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^J
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Down arrow cursor key; in insert mode, move down a line.
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k
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Up arrow cursor key.
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K
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Unused in vi. Look up word using
keywordprg in vim.
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^K
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Unused in vi. Insert
multiple-keystroke character in vim.
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l
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Right arrow cursor key.
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L
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Move cursor to last position in window.
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^L
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Redraw screen.
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m
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Mark the current cursor position in register (a-z).
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M
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Move cursor to middle position in window.
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^M
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Move to beginning of next line.
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n
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Repeat the last search command.
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N
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Repeat the last search command in reverse direction.
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^N
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Down arrow cursor key.
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o
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Open line below current line.
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O
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Open line above current line.
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^O
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Unused in vi. Return to previous
jump position in vim.
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p
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Put yanked or deleted text after or below cursor.
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P
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Put yanked or deleted text before or above cursor.
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^P
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Up arrow cursor key.
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q
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Unused in vi. Record keystrokes in
vim.
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Q
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Quit vi and enter ex line-editing mode.
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^Q
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Unused in vi. Same as ^V in vim (On
some terminals, resume data flow.)
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r
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Replace character at cursor with the next character you type.
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R
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Replace characters.
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^R
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Redraw the screen.
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s
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Change the character under the cursor to typed characters.
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S
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Change entire line.
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^S
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Unused. (On some terminals, stop data flow.)
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t
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Find next character typed forward on current line and position cursor
before it.
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T
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Find next character typed backward on current line and position
cursor after it.
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^T
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Unused in command mode for vi. Pop
tag from tagstack in vim. In insert
mode, move to next tab setting.
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u
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Undo the last change made. In vi, a
second undo redoes an undone command. vim supports multiple levels of undo. To redo,
use Ctrl-R.
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U
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Restore current line, discarding changes.
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^U
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Scroll the screen upward a half-window.
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v
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Unused in vi. Enter visual mode in
vim.
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V
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Unused in vi. Enter linewise visual
mode in vim.
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^V
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Unused in command mode for vi. Enter
blockwise visual mode in vim. In
insert mode, insert next character verbatim.
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w
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Move to beginning of next word.
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W
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Move to beginning of next word, treating punctuation marks as words.
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^W
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Unused in command mode in vi. Begins
window commands in vim. In insert
mode, back up to beginning of word.
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x
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Delete character under cursor.
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X
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Delete character before cursor.
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^X
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Unused in vi. Decrement number in
vim when cursor is on a number. In
insert mode in vim, begins several
commands.
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y
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Yank or copy text up to target of following movement command into
temporary buffer.
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Y
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Make copy of current line.
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^Y
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Show one more line at top of window.
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z
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Reposition line containing cursor. z
must be followed by Return (reposition line to top of screen), .
(reposition line to middle of screen), or - (reposition line to bottom of screen).
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ZZ
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Exit the editor, saving changes.
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