vim¶

# vim mode
# to revert for someone that doesnt use vi
set -o vi
# set -o emacs
#bindkey -v

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|                          Readline VI Editing Mode                         |
|                     Default Keyboard Shortcuts for Bash                   |
|                               Cheat Sheet                                 |
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| Peteris Krumins (peter@catonmat.net), 2008.01.08                          |
| http://www.catonmat.net  -  good coders code, great reuse                 |
|                                                                           |
| Released under the GNU Free Document License                              |
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 ======================== Keyboard Shortcut Summary ========================

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|              |                                                            |
| Shortcut     | Description                                                |
|              |                                                            |
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| Switching to COMMAND Mode:                                                |
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| ESC          | Switch to command mode.                                    |
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| Commands for Entering INPUT Mode:                                         |
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| i            | Insert before cursor.                                      |
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| a            | Insert after cursor.                                       |
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| I            | Insert at the beginning of line.                           |
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| A            | Insert at the end of line.                                 |
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| c<mov. comm> | Change text of a movement command <mov. comm> (see below). |
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| C            | Change text to the end of line (equivalent to c$).         |
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| cc or S      | Change current line (equivalent to 0c$).                   |
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| s            | Delete a single character under the cursor and enter input |
|              | mode (equivalent to c[SPACE]).                             |
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| r            | Replaces a single character under the cursor (without      |
|              | leaving command mode).                                     |
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| R            | Replaces characters under cursor.                          |
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| v            | Edit (and execute) the current command in the text editor. |
|              | (an editor defined in $VISUAL or $EDITOR variables, or vi  |
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| Basic Movement Commands (in command mode):                                |
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| h            | Move one character right.                                  |
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| l            | Move one character left.                                   |
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| w            | Move one word or token right.                              |
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| b            | Move one word or token left.                               |
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| W            | Move one non-blank word right.                             |
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| B            | Move one non-blank word left.                              |
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| e            | Move to the end of the current word.                       |
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| E            | Move to the end of the current non-blank word.             |
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| 0            | Move to the beginning of line                              |
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| ^            | Move to the first non-blank character of line.             |
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| $            | Move to the end of line.                                   |
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| %            | Move to the corresponding opening/closing bracket.         |
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| Character Finding Commands (these are also Movement Commands):            |
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| fc           | Move right to the next occurance of char c.                |
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| Fc           | Move left to the previous occurance of c.                  |
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| tc           | Move right to the next occurance of c, then one char       |
|              | backward.                                                  |
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| Tc           | Move left to the previous occurance of c, then one char    |
|              | forward.                                                   |
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| ;            | Redo the last character finding command.                   |
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| ,            | Redo the last character finding command in opposite        |
|              | direction.                                                 |
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| |            | Move to the n-th column (you may specify the argument n by |
|              | typing it on number keys, for example, 20|)                |
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| Deletion Commands:                                                        |
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| x            | Delete a single character under the cursor.                |
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| X            | Delete a character before the cursor.                      |
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| d<mov. comm> | Delete text of a movement command <mov. comm> (see above). |
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| D            | Delete to the end of the line (equivalent to d$).          |
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| dd           | Delete current line (equivalent to 0d$).                   |
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| CTRL-w       | Delete the previous word.                                  |
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| CTRL-u       | Delete from the cursor to the beginning of line.           |
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| Undo, Redo and Copy/Paste Commands:                                       |
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| u            | Undo previous text modification.                           |
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| U            | Undo all previous text modifications.                      |
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| .            | Redo the last text modification.                           |
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| y<mov. comm> | Yank a movement into buffer (copy).                        |
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| yy           | Yank the whole line.                                       |
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| p            | Insert the yanked text at the cursor.                      |
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| P            | Insert the yanked text before the cursor.                  |
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| Commands for Command History:                                             |
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| k            | Move backward one command in history.                      |
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| j            | Move forward one command in history.                       |
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| G            | Move to history line N (for example, 15G).                 |
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| /string or   | Search history backward for a command matching string.     |
| CTRL-r       |                                                            |
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| ?string or   | Search history forward for a command matching string.      |
| CTRL-s       | (Note that on most machines Ctrl-s STOPS the terminal      |
|              | output, change it with `stty' (Ctrl-q to resume)).         |
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| n            | Repeat search in the same direction as previous.           |
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| N            | Repeat search in the opposite direction as previous.       |
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| Completion commands:                                                      |
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| TAB or = or  | List all possible completions.                             |
| CTRL-i       |                                                            |
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| *            | Insert all possible completions.                           |
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| Miscellaneous commands:                                                   |
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| ~            | Invert case of the character under cursor and move a       |
|              | character right.                                           |
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| #            | Prepend '#' (comment character) to the line and send it to |
|              | the history.                                               |
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| _            | Inserts the n-th word of the previous command in the       |
|              | current line.                                              |
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| 0, 1, 2, ... | Sets the numeric argument.                                 |
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| CTRL-v       | Insert a character literally (quoted insert).              |
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| CTRL-r       | Transpose (exchange) two characters.                       |
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| Peteris Krumins (peter@catonmat.net), 2008.01.08.                         |
| http://www.catonmat.net  -  good coders code, great reuse                 | 
|                                                                           |
| Released under the GNU Free Document License                              |
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