Vi(m) Editor

Question 1

The three vi editor modes

Answer 1

command mode, insert mode, and ex mode

Question 2

In command mode, this is how you move the cursor one character to the right.

Answer 2

l (lowercase L)

Question 3

In command mode, this is how you move the cursor one character to the left.

Answer 3

h

Question 4

In command mode, this is how you move the cursor down one line.

Answer 4

j (lowercase)

Question 5

In command mode, this is how you move the cursor up one line.

Answer 5

k (lowercase)

Question 6

It means to yank in the vi editor

Answer 6

“Copy (yank) a line”

Question 7

In command mode, this is how you copy an entire line that the cursor is currently on.

Answer 7

yy

Question 8

In command mode, this is how you copy the current line that the cursor is on, as well as the line beneath the current line (2 lines total).

Answer 8

2yy

Question 9

In command mode, this is how you copy the current line and a certain amount of additional lines.

Answer 9

yy, where # includes the current line and however many other lines wished to be copied.

Question 10

In command mode, this is how you paste the contents from a yank/copy, pasting it on the line after your cursor.

Answer 10

p (lowercase)

Question 11

In command mode, this is how you paste the contents from a yank/copy, pasting it on the line before your cursor.

Answer 11

P (uppercase)

Question 12

In command mode, this is how you move the cursor to a specific line #.

Answer 12

G or #gg

Question 13

In command mode, this is how you move the cursor to the beginning of the last line in the file.

Answer 13

G

Question 14

In command mode, this is how you move the cursor to the first line on the terminal screen.

Answer 14

1G

Question 15

In command mode, this is how you move the cursor to the last line on the terminal screen.

Answer 15

L

Question 16

In command mode, this is how you move the cursor to the first line on the terminal screen.

Answer 16

H

Question 17

In command mode, this is how you start insert mode and create a new line below the current cursor position, using one command.

Answer 17

o (lowercase O)

Question 18

In command mode, this is how you undo movement or yanks or any command entered in command mode.

Answer 18

u (lowercase u)

Question 19

In command mode, this is how you remove the current word the cursor is at and start insert mode, changing that text.

Answer 19

cc (lowercase)

Question 20

In command mode, this is how you search the file for a forward occurrence of what you are searching for.

Answer 20

/termhere

Question 21

In command mode, this is how you move to the next (forward/backward) occurrence of a searched term in the direction being searched.

Answer 21

n

Question 22

In command mode, this is how you search backwards, before the current cursor location.

Answer 22

?termhere

Question 23

In command mode, this is how you search backwards, before the current cursor location.

Answer 23

?termhere

Question 24

This is how you start insert mode to begin adding new text.

Answer 24

i, in command mode

Question 25

This is how you start insert mode with it set to overwrite old text.

Answer 25

R, in command mode

Question 26

This is how you start insert mode by removing the word the cursor is at and then being able to add new text.

Answer 26

cw, in command mode

Question 27

This is how you start insert mode to erase a line of text and then be able to insert new text.

Answer 27

cc, in command mode

Question 28

This is how you start ex mode.

Answer 28

”:” while in command mode

Question 29

This is how you replace the first occurrence of a word with another word.

Answer 29

:%s/example/new (from command mode)

Question 30

This is how you replace all occurrences of a word with another word.

Answer 30

:%s/example/new/g, where g stands for global (from command mode)

Question 31

This is how you save changes without exiting?

Answer 31

:w (from command mode)

Question 32

This is how you save changes and quit the vi editor (two possible ways).

Answer 32

:wq or ZZ (both from command mode)

Question 33

This is how you quit without saving changes.

Answer 33

:q (from command mode)

Question 34

This is how you load a new file to edit in vi editor. For it to work, you have to save your current file first.

Answer 34

:e /file.txt (from command mode)

Question 35

This is how you bring contents of an old file into a new one.

Answer 35

:r (from command mode)

Question 36

This is how you run shell commands from within the vi editor, example using the “ls /etc” command.

Answer 36

:!ls /etc (from command mode)

Question 37

This is how you get to command mode from insert mode.

Answer 37

ESC

Question 38

In command mode, this is how you delete a word.

Answer 38

dw

Question 39

In command mode, this is how you delete the character the cursor is on.

Answer 39

X (uppercase)

Question 40

In command mode, this is how you delete the entire current line and a certain amount of lines below the current line as well.

Answer 40

dd

Question 41

In command mode, this is how you delete the entire current line.

Answer 41

dd

Question 42

In command mode, this is how you delete more than one word from the current cursor.

Answer 42

dw

Question 43

In command mode, this is how you move the cursor to the beginning of the current line.

Answer 43

0 (zero)

Question 44

In command mode, this is how you refresh the document to the original state that you started editing it in without any changes made.

Answer 44

:e! (from command mode)

Question 45

In command mode, this is how you make line numbers visible.

Answer 45

:set nu (from command mode)

Question 46

In command mode, this is how you remove line numbers from being visible.

Answer 46

:set nonu (from command mode)

Question 47

In command mode, this is how you start insert mode where the new text starts AFTER the current cursor position.

Answer 47

a