Comments on: UNIX vi commands – take advantage of the UNIX vi editor

By: Amanda Gordon

Amanda Gordon — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:53:00 +0000

I absolutely love vi. With vi editor, I generally notice only two types of reactions – people either absolutely love it or they absolutely hate it. There is rarely any middle ground.

Vi has a big learning curve and it is only after considerable time and effort does one one realize the magic of vi.

By: Priya

Priya — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:51:03 +0000

hey, its very useful and easy to understand article…

many thanks..

By: Deepika

Deepika — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:33:12 +0000

Thanks for your detailed list of commands for vi editor. Will you also write an article on emacs editor? .-= Deepika´s last blog ..7 Cool Facebook Tips and Tricks =-.

By: rahul

rahul — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:27:27 +0000

i want vi to search a key word and delete the whole line…

By: Erik

Erik — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:15:14 +0000

I would like to have the shopping cart just like your first screenshot. A list where people can add the quantity they want. But I don’t see a way to set this up? Can you please advise?

By: admin

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:41:55 +0000

@Sanjay, To get out of the Vi mode you simply need to press the ‘Esc’ key then enter ‘:’ and ‘q’. What do you mean by “without executing my commands”?

By: sanjay

sanjay — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:17:47 +0000

Hi,

I want to know how can i get out of the vi mode to the command prompt, when i had come from the command prompt(pressing esc key,v @ command prompt) without executing my commands.

pls. reply.

Rgds,
Sanjay Sule