vi Editor

Specifics

• First recommendation--a good manual like Linda Lamb's Learning the vi Editor from O'Reilly.
• Refresh the vi editor: CTRL-L
• Delete to end of file (include the current line) :.,$d
• Delete to beginning of file (include the current line):1,.d
• help with commands (Unix): man sort, etc.
• Substitute something for the current character and the next n characters: .,.+n s
• Search for a particular character (a space) on a line and subsitute nothing from that character to the end of the line: 1,$s-\ .*$--
  • 1,$ lines 1 through the last
  • s substitute
  • - separator
  • \space space (character searching for)
  • . anything
  • * continuation character
  • $ to the end of the line
  • -- separator (substitute nothing)

Fixes For the vi Editor

• Problem: The lines sometimes garble together as you scroll down the page.
  Fix (not really a fix, but it works):
  • Click on Terminal
  • Choose Preferences
  • Reduce the buffer size by 1 (24 lines worked for me)

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Last update: 7/5/99