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Chapter 9: The vi, ex, and vim Editors

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t

[address] t destination

Copy the lines included in address to the specified destination

address. t is equivalent to copy.

Example

:%t$ Copy the file and add it to the end

tag

[address] ta tag

In the tags file, locate the file and line matching tag, and start

editing there.

Example

Run ctags, then switch to the file containing myfunction:

:!ctags *.c

:tag myfunction

tags

tags

Print list of tags in the tag stack. {vim}

unabbreviate

una word

Remove word from the list of abbreviations.

undo

u

Reverse the changes made by the last editing command. In vi, the

undo command will undo itself, redoing what you undid. vim

supports multiple levels of undo. Use redo to redo an undone

change in vim.

unhide

[count] unh

Split screen to show one window for each active buffer in the buffer

list. If specified, limit the number of windows to count. {vim}

unmap

unm[!] string

Remove string from the list of keyboard macros. Use ! to remove a

macro for input mode.

v

[address] v/pattern/[command]

Execute command on all lines not containing pattern.Ifcommand is

not specified, print all such lines. v is equivalent to g!. See global.

Example

:v/#include/d Delete all lines except "#include" lines

version

ve

Print the editor’s current version number and date of last change.