The Virtualization Cookbook for SLES 10 SP2 - z/VM - IBM

1. Input mode - the Insert key, i, o (add a line below), O (add a line above) and other
commands put you in this mode. When you are in this mode you will see the text
--INSERT-- in the last line.
2. Command mode - 'Esc' gets you out of input mode and into command mode
i brings you back to input mode
dd deletes a line and puts it in the buffer
dd delete lines
x delete a character
dw delete a word
p add the buffer past the current location
P add the buffer before the current location
o add a line and go into insert mode
/string - search for string
n do the last command again (this can be powerful)
jkl; cursor movement
A add text at the end of the line
G go to line
G go to the last line in the file
yy yank a line (copy into buffer)
yy yank n lines
3. Command line mode - pressing the colon : key brings you to this mode
:wq save (write & quit)
:q! quit and discard changes
: go to line number
:r read into the current file
:1,$s/old/new/g globally replace with
:help give help
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