Cloud DevOps Admin Guide

Vi is present on any Unix installation and it is therefore useful to know some basic
commands. There are two modes: command mode and insertion mode. The commands mode is
accessed with [ESC], the insertion mode with i.appending mode with a .

Quit

:w	newfilename save the file to newfilename
:wq or :x	save and quit
:q!	quit without saving

Search and move

/string	Search forward for string
?string	Search back for string
n	Search for next instance of string
N	Search for previous instance of string
{	Move a paragraph back
}	Move a paragraph forward
1G	Move to the first line of the file
nG	Move to the n th line of the file
G	Move to the last line of the file
:%s/OLD/NEW/g	Search and replace every occurrence

Delete text

dd	delete current line
D	Delete to the end of the line
dw	Delete word
x	Delete character
u	Undo last
U	Undo all changes to current line