AT&T G3 manual Split a line

Basic vi

vi Editor

Function	Command	Operation
Edit Text	x	Erase one character
	r	Replace one character
	R	Replace multiple
		characters
	D	Delete to the end of the line
	dw	Delete one word
	cw	Change one word
	dd	Delete one line
	dd then p	Delete/put to move text
	yy then p	Yank/put to copy text
	r Enter	Split a line
	J	Join 2 lines of text
	nJ	Join more than 2 lines of
		text
File	:w Enter	Write to the file named on
Manipulation		the command line
	:w newfile Enter	Write to another, new file
	:w>> oldfile Enter	Append to another file
	:q! Enter	Quit vi without writing file to
		disk
	: wq! Enter	Save and exit the file
	:e! Enter	Re-edit another file
	:e newfile Enter	Edit another file
	:r file Enter	Reads the contents of the
		file into buffer after the
		current line

C-4Issue 2 April 1996