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Using the vi editor To insert new text esc i ( You have to press 'escape' key then 'i') To save file esc : w (Press 'escape' key then 'colon' and finally 'w') To save file with file name (save as) esc :w "filename" To quit the vi editor esc :q To quit without saving esc :q! To save and quit vi editor esc :wq To search for specified word in forward direction esc /word (Press 'escape' key, type /word-to-find,) To continue with search n To search for specified word in backward direction esc ?word (Press 'escape' key, type word-to-find) To copy the line where cursor is located esc yy To paste the text just deleted or copied at the cursor esc p To delete entire line where cursor is located esc dd To delete word from cursor position esc dw To Find all occurrence of given word and Replace then globally without confirmation esc :$s/word-to-find/word-to-replace/g For. e.g. :$s/itmission/itmission.org/g Here word "itmission" is replace with "itmission.org" To Find all occurrence of given word and Replace then globally with confirmation esc :$s/word-to-find/word-to-replace/cg To run shell command like ls, cp or date etc within vi esc :!shell-command For e.g. :!pwd
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