Alphabetical Summary of ex Commands

ex commands can be entered by specifying any unique abbreviation. In the following list of reference entries, the full name appears as the heading of the reference entry, and the shortest possible abbreviation is shown in the syntax line below it. Examples are assumed to be typed from vi, so they include the : prompt.

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