Pt. 2 Ch. 12 A Gentle Introduction to vi

Question 1

What’s the second most import thing to learn about vi?

Answer 1

It is a modal editor

Question 2

When vi starts, it begins in what mode

Answer 2

Command mode

Question 3

How do you exit vi?

Answer 3

:q

Question 4

How do you enter insert mode in vi?

Answer 4

i

Question 5

How do you exit insert mode and return to command mode in vi?

Answer 5

Esc

Question 6

How do we save the change we just made to our file in vi?

Answer 6

an ex command such as :

Question 7

How do we write our modified file in vi?

Answer 7

follow the colon with a w and then press enter

Question 8

How can you undo the last change that you made in vi in command mode?

Answer 8

u

Question 9

How do we append a text in vi?

Answer 9

a

Question 10

How are the two ways we can insert a text by “opening a line”?

Answer 10

o the line below the current line

O the line above the current line

Question 11

In vi what command deletes the current character?

Answer 11

x

Question 12

in vi what deletes the current character and the next two characters?

Answer 12

3x

Question 13

in Vi what deletes the current line?

Answer 13

dd

Question 14

in vi what deletes the current line and the next four lines?

Answer 14

5dd

Question 15

in vi what deletes from the current cursor position to the beginning of the next word?

Answer 15

dW

Question 16

in vi what deletes from the current cursor location to the end of the current line?

Answer 16

d$

Question 17

in vi what deletes from the current cursor location to the beginning of the line?

Answer 17

d0

Question 18

in vi what deletes from the current cursor location to the first non-whitespace character in the line?

Answer 18

d^

Question 19

in vi what deletes from the current line to the end of the file?

Answer 19

dG

Question 20

in vi what deletes from the current line to the twentieth line of the file?

Answer 20

d20G

Question 21

what does d do in vi?

Answer 21

cuts and stores in p

Question 22

in vi what copies the current line?

Answer 22

yy

Question 23

in vi what copies the current line and the next four lines?

Answer 23

5yy

Question 24

in vi what copies from the current cursor position to the beginning of the next word?

Answer 24

yW

Question 25

in vi what copies from the current cursor location to the end of the current line?

Answer 25

y$

Question 26

in vi what copies from the current cursor location to the beginning of the line?

Answer 26

y0

Question 27

in vi what copies from the current cursor location to the first non-whitespace character in the line?

Answer 27

y^

Question 28

in vi what copies from the current line to the end of the file?

Answer 28

yG

Question 29

in vi what copies from the current line to the twentieth line of the file?

Answer 29

y20G

Question 30

in vi what pastes the copied text on the line below the cursor? above?

Answer 30

p for below. P for above

Question 31

in vi what command joins one line with the one below it

Answer 31

J (note capitalization)

Question 32

in Vi, searching within a line and repeating search

Answer 32

f. so fa would find the first a. repeat by pressing ;

Question 33

Searching the entire file in Vi

Answer 33

/ followed by the word or phrase to be searched for followed by the enter key. repeat with n

Question 34

Give an example of Global search and replace for Line with line in vi:

Answer 34

:%s/Line/line/g

Question 35

What allows for substitution confirmation in vi?

Answer 35

add c to the end of the substitution chain. I.e

:%s/line/Line/gc

Question 36

Replace Confirmation key that perform the substitution?

Answer 36

y

Question 37

replace confirmation key that skips this instance of the pattern?

Answer 37

n

Question 38

Replace confirmation key that performs the substitution on this and all subsequent instances of the pattern?

Answer 38

a

Question 39

Replace confirmation key that quits substituting

Answer 39

q or Esc

Question 40

replace confirmation key that perform this substitution and then quits?

Answer 40

l

Question 41

Replace confirmation key that scrolls down and up respectively. This is useful for viewing the context of the proposed substitution.

Answer 41

ctrl-e, ctrl-y

Question 42

in vi to switch from one file to the next

Answer 42

:bn

Question 43

in vi to move back to the previous file

Answer 43

:bp

Question 44

in vi, we can view a list of files being edited with the

Answer 44

:buffers

Question 45

opening additional files in vi for editing

Answer 45

:e followed by file

Question 46

What does :r do in vi?

Answer 46

“short for “read” inserts the specified file below the cursor position.

Question 47

what does :w do?

Answer 47

without anything after it it will save the file. But it can also save the file as whatever you type after it.