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Chapter 9: The vi, ex, and vim Editors

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buffers

buffers[!]

Print the members of the buffer list. Some buffers (e.g., deleted

buffers) will not be listed. Add ! to show unlisted buffers. ls is

another abbreviation for this command. {vim}

cd

cd dir

chdir dir

Change current directory within the editor to dir.

center

[address] ce [width]

Center line within the specified width.Ifwidth is not specified, use

textwidth. {vim}

change

[address] c[!]

text

.

Replace the specified lines with text. Add a ! to switch the autoin-

dent setting during input of text. Terminate input by entering a line

consisting of just a period.

close

clo[!]

Close current window unless it is the last window. If buffer in

window is not open in another window, unload it from memory.

This command will not close a buffer with unsaved changes, but

you may add ! to hide it instead. {vim}

copy

[address] co destination

Copy the lines included in address to the specified destination

address. The command t (short for “to”) is a synonym for copy.

Example

:1,10 co 50 Copy first 10 lines to just after line 50

delete

[address] d [register]

Delete the lines included in address.Ifregister is specified, save or

append the text to the named register. Register names are the

lowercase letters a–z. Uppercase names append text to the corre-

sponding register. ...