Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

Edit Commands

Recall that c, d, and y are the basic editing operators.

Changing and deleting text

The following table is not exhaustive, but it illustrates the most common operations.

Command	Action
cw	Change word.
cc	Change line.
c$	Change text from current position to end of line.
C	Same as c$.
dd	Delete current line.
numdd	Delete num lines.
d$	Delete text from current position to end of line.
D	Same as d$.
dw	Delete a word.
d}	Delete up to next paragraph.
d^	Delete back to beginning of line.
d/pat	Delete up to first occurrence of pattern.
dn	Delete up to next occurrence of pattern.
dfa	Delete up to and including a on current line.
dta	Delete up to (but not including) a on current line.
dL	Delete up to last line on screen.
dG	Delete to end of file.
gqap	Reformat current paragraph to textwidth. {vim}
g˜w	Switch case of word. {vim}
guw	Change word to lowercase. {vim}
gUw	Change word to uppercase. {vim}
p	Insert last deleted or yanked text after cursor.
gp	Same as p, but leave cursor at end of inserted text. {vim}
]p	Same as p, but match current indention. {vim}
[p	Same as P, but match current indention. {vim}
P	Insert last deleted or yanked text before cursor.
gP	Same as P, but leave cursor at end of inserted text. {vim}
rx	Replace character with x.
Rtext	Replace with new text (overwrite), beginning at cursor. Escape ends replace mode.
s	Substitute character.
4s	Substitute four characters.
S	Substitute entire line.
u	Undo last change.
Ctrl-R	Redo last change. {vim}
U	Restore current line.
x	Delete current cursor position.
X	Delete back one character.
5X	Delete ...