e

ex(1)

ex(1)

The sequence \u (\l) causes the immediately following character in the replacement to be converted to uppercase (lowercase), if the character is a letter. The sequence \U (\L) turns case conversion on, until the sequence \E or \e is encountered, or the end of the replacement string is reached.

Command Names and Abbreviations

The following table summarizes the line-mode commands. The commands whose names are enclosed in parentheses are available only in their abbreviated forms.

Command

Abbr.

Command

Abbr.

Command

Abbr.

abbreviate

ab

next

n

tag

ta

append

a

number

nu #

unabbreviate

una

args

ar

open

o

undo

u

change

c

pop

 

unmap

unm

chdir

chd cd

preserve

pre

version

ve

copy

co t

print

p

visual

vi

crypt

cr X

put

pu

write

w wq

delete

d

quit

q

xit

x

edit

e ex

read

r

yank

ya

file

f

recover

rec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

global

g v

rewind

rew

(execute buffer)

* @

insert

i

set

se

(line number)

=

join

j

shell

sh

(left shift)

<

list

l

source

so

(right shift)

>

map

 

stop

st ÃZ

(scroll)

^D

 

 

 

 

 

 

mark

ma k

substitute

s sr & Ä

(shell escape)

!

move

m

suspend

su ÃZ

(window)

z

Command Descriptions

In the following command descriptions, some arguments appear frequently. They are described below.

line A single line address, in any of the forms described in Addressing above. The default is the current line.

range A pair of line addresses separated by a comma or semicolon, as described in Addressing above. The default is the current line (.,.).

count A positive integer specifying the number of lines to be affected by the command. The default is 1 or the number of lines in range.

When count is speci®ed, range is ineffective. Instead, only a line number should be speci®ed to indicate the ®rst line affected by the command. (If a range is given, the last line of the range is interpreted as the starting line for the command.)

flags One or more of the characters #, p, and l. The corresponding command to print the line is executed after the command completes. Any number of + or - characters can also be given with these ¯ags. The default is no ¯ags.

These modi®ers are all optional.

When only a line or a range is speci®ed (with a null command), the implied command is print. If a null line is entered, the next line is printed (equivalent to .+1p)

buffer

XPG4 Feature. One of a number of named areas for saving text. The named buffers are

 

speci®ed by the lowercase letters of the POSIX locale. Specifying buffer shall cause the

 

area of the text affected by the command to be stored into the buffer as it was before the

 

command took effect. This argument is also used on the put command and the visual

 

mode "put" commands (p and P), to specify the buffer that shall provide the text to insert.

 

If the buffer name is speci®ed in uppercase, and the buffer is to be modi®ed, the buffer shall

 

be appended to rather than being overwritten. If the buffer is not to be modi®ed, the buffer

 

name can be speci®ed in lowercase or uppercase with the same results. There shall be also

 

one unnamed buffer, which is the repository for all text deleteed or yanked when no buffer

 

is speci®ed.

 

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