AT&T OneVision DEFINITY G3 Guide, Installation And Connection Manual, Page: 266 / 287

C-4 Issue 2 April 1996
Basic vi
vi Editor
Edit Text x Erase one character
r Replace one character
R Replace multiple
characters
D Delete to the end of the line
dw Delete one word
cw Change one word
dd Delete one line
dd then p Delete/put to move text
yy then p Yank/put to copy text
r
Enter
Split a line
J Join 2 lines of text
nJ Join more than 2 lines of
text
File
Manipulation :w
Enter
Write to the file named on
the command line
:w newfile
Enter
Write to another, new file
:w>> oldfile
Enter
Append to another file
:q!
Enter
Quit vi without writing file to
disk
: wq!
Enter
Save and exit the file
:e!
Enter
Re-edit another file
:e newfile
Enter
Edit another file
:r file
Enter
Reads the contents of the
file into buffer after the
current line
Function Command Operation