Unix in a Nutshell, 4th 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 illustrates the most common operations.

cw	Change word.
cc	Change line.
c$	Change text from current position to end-of-line.
C	Same as c$.
dd	Delete current line.
num dd	Delete num lines.
d$	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.
df x	Delete up to and including x on current line.
dt x	Delete up to (but not including) x 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}
r x	Replace character with x.
R text	Replace with new text (overwrite), beginning at cursor. ESCAPE ends replace mode.
s	Substitute character.
4s	Substitute ...