z/OS V1R9.0 UNIX System Services Command ... - Christian Grothoff

vi
Ctrl-G Displays the current pathname, current line number, total number of lines in
the file, and the percentage of the way through the file. This is equivalent to
the ex command file.
Ctrl-L Redraws the screen assuming another process has written on it. This
should never happen unless a filter ! command writes to the screen rather
than the standard output.
Ctrl-R Redraws the screen, removing any deleted lines flagged with the @
convention.
Ctrl-Z Stops the editor and returns you to system level. You can return to the
editor with the fg command; however, when you resume a vi session in this
way, all of the session’s buffers are empty. The jobs command lists all the
stopped vi jobs. The amount of available memory limits the number of vi
sessions that may be stopped at one time (see fg and jobs).
Ctrl-^ Switches to editing the alternate file (see ex for an explanation of write). If
you attempt this and you have not written out the file since you made the
most recent change, vi does not switch to the alternate file.
Insert Mode Commands
The object manipulation command c, and the text insertion commands [AaIiOoRr]
put vi into INSERT mode. In this mode, most characters typed are inserted in the
file. The following characters have special meaning.
Ctrl-D Decrements the autoindent for the current line by one level. This is only
relevant if the variable autoindent is on.
Ctrl-H Deletes the last typed character. The character is not removed from the
screen; however it is no longer in your file. When you backspace over
characters, new text overwrites the old ones. You are permitted to
backspace to the start of the current line regardless of where you started to
insert text. (This is not true of some other versions of vi.)
BACKSPACE
Deletes the last typed character. The character is not removed from the
screen; however it is no longer in your file. When you backspace over
characters, new text overwrites the old ones. You are permitted to
backspace to the start of the current line regardless of where you started to
insert text. (This is not true of some other versions of vi.)
Ctrl-J Ends the current line and starts a new one.
Ctrl-M Ends the current line and starts a new one.
RETURN
Ends the current line and starts a new one.
Ctrl-Q Inserts the following character literally, instead of using its special meaning.
You could use this to escape, say, the ESC character itself. It is impossible
to insert a Ctrl-J or the null character in your line.
Ctrl-V Inserts the following character literally, instead of using its special meaning.
You could use this to escape, say, the ESC character itself. It is impossible
to insert a Ctrl-J or the null character in your line.
Ctrl-T Increments the autoindent for the current line by one level. This is only
relevant if the variable autoindent is on.
Ctrl-W Deletes the word preceding the cursor and blanks. Although the characters
are not removed from the screen, they are no longer in your file.
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