[Chapter 8] 8.3 Edit Commands

The last four control characters are set by stty . Your terminal settings may differ.

cw	Change word.
cc	Change line.
C	Change text from current position to end of line.
dd	Delete current line.
`n` dd	Delete n lines.
D	Delete remainder of line.
dw	Delete a word.
d}	Delete up to next paragraph.
d^	Delete back to beginning of line.
d/`pat`	Delete up to first occurrence of pattern.
dn	Delete up to next occurrence of pattern.
df`a`	Delete up to and including a on current line.
dt`a`	Delete up to (not including) a on current line.
dL	Delete up to last line on screen.
dG	Delete to end of file.
p	Insert last deleted text after cursor.
P	Insert last deleted text before cursor.
r`x`	Replace character with x .
R`text`	Replace text beginning at cursor.
s	Substitute character.
4s	Substitute four characters.
S	Substitute entire line.
u	Undo last change.
U	Restore current line.
x	Delete current cursor position.
X	Delete back one character.
5X	Delete previous five characters.
.	Repeat last change.
~	Reverse case.

Y	Copy current line to new buffer.
yy	Copy current line.
"`x` yy	Yank current line to buffer `x` .
"`x` d	Delete into buffer `x` .
"`X` d	Delete and append into buffer `x` .
"`x` p	Put contents of buffer `x` .
y]]	Copy up to next section heading.
ye	Copy to end of word.