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Chapter 9: The vi, ex, and vim Editors

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Examples

:g/Unix/p Print all lines containing "Unix"

:g/Name:/s/tom/Tom/ Change "tom" to "Tom" on all lines

containing "Name:"

hide

hid

Close current window unless it is the last window, but do not

remove the buffer from memory. This is a safe command to use on

an unsaved buffer. {vim}

insert

[address] i[!]

text

.

Insert text at line before the specified address, or at present address

if none is specified. Add a ! to switch the autoindent setting during

input of text. Terminate input of new text by entering a line

consisting of just a period.

join

[address] j[!] [count]

Place the text in the specified range on one line, with whitespace

adjusted to provide two space characters after a period (.), no space

characters before a ), and one space character otherwise. Add a ! to

prevent whitespace adjustment.

Example

:1,5j! Join first five lines, preserving whitespace

jumps

ju

Print jump list used with Ctrl-I and Ctrl-O commands. The jump

list is a record of most movement commands that skip over

multiple lines. It records the position of the cursor before each

jump. {vim}

k

[address] k char

Same as mark; see mark, later in this list.

left

[address] le [count]

Left-align lines specified by address, or current line if no address is

specified. Indent lines by count spaces. ...