{"id":238,"date":"2012-06-12T12:07:02","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T04:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rmohan.com\/?p=238"},"modified":"2012-06-12T20:52:36","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T12:52:36","slug":"vi-editior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"Vi Editior"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vi Editior <\/strong><\/p>\n

How to copy data in VI editor<\/p>\n

vi first edit source file
\nthen move your cursor to start of selection
\nma mark current position with letter a
\nthen move your cursor to end of selection
\ny’a yank to buffer x from current position to mark a
\n:e other edit target file
\nmove cursor to where you want the data
\np put from buffer x<\/p>\n

Copying a block of text from one file to another in Vi
\nDecember 29th, 2008 No comments<\/p>\n

To copy a block of text between files execute the commands:
\nCommand \tExplaination
\n1. \t\tEdit the file containing the text you want to copy.
\n2. \t\tGo to the top line to be copied.
\n3. \tma \tMark this line as mark \u201ca\u201d.
\n4. \t\tGo to the bottom line to be copied
\n5. \ty’a \tYank (y) the text from the current cursor location to the mark \u201ca\u201d (‘a)
\n6. \t:split second-file \tOpen another window containing the second file. (This the file in which the text is to be inserted.)
\n7. \t\tGo to the line where the insert is to occur. The text will be place after this line.
\n8. \tp \tPut the text after the cursor.<\/p>\n

For Vi Editor
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VI editor is the default file editor in most of the Linux\/Nix machines. It is having great capabilities to edit a file with in few key strokes.<\/p>\n

Lets start with some general information and then move on to some good things what vi editor can do for you while editing a file.
\n1. Vi stands for visual.
\n2. Vi have its variants like vim which stands for Vi IMproved, VimX11 for gui and winvi for MS windows.
\n3. Vi is the most popular editor and next most popular editor is gedit.
\n4. Do you know there is a book on VI editor from orally which is of 600+ pages.
\n5. Some other editors which will do the work of editing files are neno, pico, gedit, emacs, joe, nedit, ed etc.<\/p>\n

Learning vi editor and remembering them is a very a easy task if you learn it in a systematic way.
\na. Modes of VI
\nb. Navigational commands
\nc. Editing commands.
\nd. Search and Replace
\ne. Save and quiting a file.<\/p>\n

a. Modes of VI :
\nVi have two mode of operation.
\n1. Command mode
\n2. Inserting mode<\/p>\n

Command mode :
\nVi editor begins in command mode, where cursor movement(navigation in the file) and editing occur. To enter in to command mode from Inserting mode press esc button.<\/p>\n

Inserting mode :
\nUsed for entering text, this is similar to notepad in Windows. To enter in to inserting mode you can use any of the following.
\ni or I => present line
\no => one line down the present line
\nO => one line above<\/p>\n

Note : All comments will work in command mode only.<\/p>\n

b. Navigational commands :
\n1. Character navigation k, h, l and j
\nh => To move one character left.
\nj => To move one line down.
\nk => To move one line up.
\nl => To move one character right.<\/p>\n

How to use above commands in clever way?
\nExamples :
\n6j => to move 6 lines down from the present courser.
\n7k => to move 7 lines above from the present courser.<\/p>\n

2. Word Navigation
\nw => word forward.
\ne =>word forward, but end of the word.
\nb => one word backward.<\/p>\n

Examples :
\n32w => To move 32 words forward
\n6b => To move 6 words back.<\/p>\n

3. Setting (nu) mbering to lines
\n:set nu
\nRemoving of (nonu)mbering to lines
\n:set nonu<\/p>\n

4. Moving paragraphs
\nmove one paragraph up => {{
\nmove one paragraph down => }}<\/p>\n

5. Moving page up\/down
\nFor up => ctrl+b
\nFor down => ctrl+f<\/p>\n

6. Moving start\/end of the file
\nStarting of the file(first line => [[
\nEnd of the file(last line) => ]]<\/p>\n

7. Going to any line :
\n:lineno<\/p>\n

Example :
\nIf we want to go to 56 line then type
\n:56<\/p>\n

c. Editing commands<\/p>\n

8. Replace one letter
\nReplace one letter => r
\nDelete one letter => x<\/p>\n

>9. Editing one word
\nEdit one word => cw
\nDelete one word => dw<\/p>\n

10. Editing one line
\nEditing a line from courser to the end of that line => d$<\/p>\n

11. Cutting
\ndeleting(cutting) one line => dd<\/p>\n

Examples :
\n2dd(deleting\/cutting two lines)<\/p>\n

12. Pasting
\nPasting a line below the courser => p
\nPasting a line above the courser => P<\/p>\n

13. Coping
\nCopying one line => yy
\nCopying n lines => nyy<\/p>\n

14. Special commands
\njoining lines => J
\nundoing things => u
\nrepeating previous command => .<\/p>\n

d. Search and replace<\/p>\n

15. Search for a term \/term<\/p>\n

Example : If you want to search for suresh then press \/suresh enter
\n\/suresh
\nMoving to next occurrence, press \u201cn\u201d with out quotes moving to previous occurrence, press \u201cN\u201d with out quotes.<\/p>\n

16. Searching and replacing a term(here separator is \/ )
\n:%s\/searchterm\/replaceterm\/g
\nchange default separator
\n:%s_\/home\/surya\/grade_\/home\/testing\/dest_g<\/p>\n

To search and replace particular term from given line to other given line.
\n:%s294,304\/sahana\/xyz\/g<\/p>\n

e)Save and quiting a file
\n:w => save the file
\n:q => quit the file
\n:wq => save and quit
\n:w! => force save the file
\n:q! => force quit with out save
\n:wq => save and quit forcefully<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vi Editior <\/p>\n

How to copy data in VI editor<\/p>\n

vi first edit source file then move your cursor to start of selection ma mark current position with letter a then move your cursor to end of selection y’a yank to buffer x from current position to mark a :e other edit target file move […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mohan.sg\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}