'vi' Miscellaneous Commands in 'ex' Line Mode

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∟1976 - vi Text Editor Developed by Bill Joy

∟'vi' Miscellaneous Commands in 'ex' Line Mode

This section provides a list of miscellaneous commands in 'ex' line editing mode.

Here is a list of 'vi' miscellaneous commands:

   ZZ
      Save and quit

   .
      Repeat the last text modifying command

   u
      Undo the last text modifying command

   [n]J
      Join the current line and the following line for n times

   Q
      Quit out of "vi" mode and go into "ex" mode.

   :vi
      Quit out of "ex" mode and go into "vi" mode.

Here is a list of 'Ex' commands that can be used in 'vi':

   :q!
      Quit vi without saving changes.

   :[m],[n]s/pattern/string/g
      Substitute the pattern with the string of all occurrences
      from line m to line n.

   :set all
      Show all settings.

   :vi filename
      Start editing another file.

   :w
      Write out changes to the current file.

   :w filename
      Write out the editing file to another file.

   :w >> filename
      Write out the editing file to the end of another file.

   :wq
      Write out the changes and quit vi.

   :r filename
      Reads the content of another file into the current file
      after the current line.