Linux

Vi and Vim Editor commands

Here I’m mentioning all the commands related to Vi and Vim editor that I learn

Command to delete all lines in Vi Editor:

:1,$d 

Delete a single line where the cursor is

dd

Find and /replace

:%s/find_word/replace_word/g

To search a word that has the character forward slash / or any special characters then simply include backward slash \ before that \/

:%s/find\/words\~/replacewords/g

Add Text to beginning of every line – use ˆ
Add Text to end of every line- use $

:%s/ˆ/text/
:%s/$/text/

Remove Blank Lines

:g/^$/d

Remove Blank Lines that contains space

:g/^ *$/d

Gokul Deepak S

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