103.8 Basic File Editing: VI

Question 1

VI

common editor available for all Linux distributions

Answer 1

vi/vim

Question 2

VI

used to move cursor around and perform various operations on text

Answer 2

Command mode

Question 3

VI

adding/inserting text in your document

Answer 3

Insert mode

Question 4

VI

advanced mode for search/replace - executing external commands and using split panes

Answer 4

Ex mode (called LastLine)

Question 5

VI

global vim config file

Answer 5

/etc/vimrc

Question 6

VI

user specific config for vim

Answer 6

/home/user/.vimrc

Question 7

VI - Command Mode number lines shortcuts

turns line numbers on the display on/off

Answer 7

:number/nonumber

Question 8

VI - Command Mode number lines shortcuts

nu shortcut for :number/nonumber

Answer 8

:nu/no

Question 9

VIM Command Mode

invoke the insert mode at the current cursor position where you can begin typing in the documant

Answer 9

i

Question 10

VIM Command Mode

move to the beginning of the current line and invoke insert mode

Answer 10

I

Question 11

VIM Command Mode

invoke insert mode placing the cursor one character to the right of the current position (append)

Answer 11

a

Question 12

VIM Command Mode

move to the end of current line, placing the cursor one char to the right of the ending position (line append)

Answer 12

A

Question 13

VIM Command Mode

insert a new line under the current line and place the cursor in the first position on the new line in insert mode

Answer 13

o

Question 14

VIM Command Mode

insert new line above current line - place cursor in the first position of new line insert mode

Answer 14

O

Question 15

VIM Command Mode

change text at current position

Answer 15

c[option]

Question 16

VIM Command Mode: c[option]

change the word at the current position

Answer 16

cw

Question 17

VIM Command Mode: c[option]

change the line at the current position

Answer 17

cc

Question 18

VIM Command Mode: c[option]

change the current position to the end of the line

Answer 18

c$

Question 19

VIM Command Mode

replace the character at the current position

Answer 19

r

Question 20

VIM Command Mode

replace text on same line until you escape the insert mode or until you reach end of line

Answer 20

R

Question 21

VIM Command Mode

delete the character after the cursor

Answer 21

x

Question 22

VIM Command Mode

delete the character before the cursor

Answer 22

X

Question 23

VIM Command Mode

delete the word after the cursor

Answer 23

dw

Question 24

VIM Command Mode

delete the entire line the cursor is on

Answer 24

dd

Question 25

VIM Command Mode

delete the text from the current cursor to the end of line

Answer 25

D

Question 26

VIM Command Mode

delete the text from current cursor to the end of current screen

Answer 26

dL

Question 27

VIM Command Mode

delete the text from current cursor to end of file

Answer 27

dG

Question 28

VIM Command Mode

delete all text from beginning of line to the current cursor

Answer 28

d^

Question 29

VIM Command Mode

undo last operation/change

Answer 29

u

Question 30

VIM Command Mode

copy the current line to the buffer

Answer 30

yy

yank

Question 31

VIM Command Mode

copy from current cursor to end of current word

Answer 31

yw

Question 32

VIM Command Mode

paste contents of buffer after the cursor

Answer 32

p

Question 33

VIM Command Mode

paste contents of buffer before the cursor

Answer 33

P

Question 34

VIM Command Mode

undo ALL changes since the last time the file was saved to disk

Answer 34

:e!

Question 35

VIM Command Mode

write file to disk (save)

Answer 35

:w

Question 36

VIM Command Mode

quit the editor (will warn you if file has changed and not saved)

Answer 36

:q

Question 37

VIM Command Mode

quit right now - don’t worry about saved / changed

Answer 37

:q!

Question 38

VIM Command Mode

shortcut for save and exit

Answer 38

ZZ

Question 39

VIM Nav Shortcuts

one char left

Answer 39

h

Question 40

VIM Nav Shortcuts

one line down

Answer 40

j

Question 41

VIM Nav Shortcuts

one line up

Answer 41

k

Question 42

VIM Nav Shortcuts

one char right

Answer 42

l

Question 43

VIM Nav Shortcuts

move back one half page

Answer 43

ctl-u

Question 44

VIM Nav Shortcuts

move back one page

Answer 44

ctl-b

Question 45

VIM Nav Shortcuts

move forward one half page

Answer 45

ctl-d

Question 46

VIM Nav Shortcuts

move forward one page

Answer 46

ctl-f

Question 47

VIM Nav Shortcuts

show the name of the file, lines and position in percentage of the total file length

Answer 47

ctl-G

Question 48

VIM Nav Shortcuts

move directly to indicated line

Answer 48

[#]G

Question 49

VIM Nav Shortcuts

move 12 words to the right

Answer 49

[#]W

Question 50

Command Mode: Searching

search from cursor position forward for ‘string’

Answer 50

/[string]

Question 51

Command Mode: Searching

search from cursor position back for string

Answer 51

?[string]

Question 52

Command Mode: Searching

when used after a search, will find the ‘next’ occurrence of said ‘string’ in indicated direction

Answer 52

N

Question 53

Replacing

syntax

Answer 53

sed-like

Question 54

Replacing

substitute in current line

Answer 54

s

Question 55

Replacing

substitute in entire file

Answer 55

%s

Question 56

Replacing

what to search for

Answer 56

/[value to find]

Question 57

Replacing

what to replace with

Answer 57

/[value to substitute]/

Question 58

Replacing

optional will replace ALL occurrences rather than just first

Answer 58

g

:s/Mar/Apr/g
will search for Mar and replace with Apr

Question 59

Run command

run indicated command on command line

Answer 59

:!