Chapter 4: Editing files

Table of contents

• Chapter 4: Editing files
  • A quick tour of vi
    • Starting vi
    • Entering text
    • What to do if you get stuck
    • Saving files and quitting vi
    • Moving around a file
    • Deleting and restoring text
    • Searching for text
    • Replacing and modifying text
    • Substituting text
    • Repeating and undoing commands
    • Including the contents of another file
    • Accessing the shell
    • Editing more than one file
    • Using buffers to cut and paste text
    • Placing markers
  • Using keyboard shortcuts
    • Running other programs from inside vi
    • Sending text through a filter
    • Defining abbreviations
    • Storing a command in a buffer
    • Mapping key sequences
  • Configuring vi
    • Saving frequently used commands
  • Using ed
    • Starting ed
    • Saving files and quitting ed
    • Moving around in ed
    • Editing text in ed