User guide

Appendix A - New User Background Information
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Having arrived at the location where text should be changed, use these commands to modify
the text (note commands “i” and “o” will move you into edit mode and everything typed will
be taken literally until you press the <ESC> key to return to the command mode).
After you have finished modifying a file, enter line mode (by typing “:” from command mode)
and use one of the following commands:
Table 15: vi navigation commands
h Moves the cursor to the left (left arrow).
j Moves the cursor to the next line (down arrow).
k Moves the cursor to the previous line (up arrow).
l Moves the cursor to the right (right arrow).
Table 16: vi file modification commands
i Inserts text before the cursor position (everything to the right of the cursor is
shifted right).
o Creates a new line below the current line and insert text (all lines are shifted
down).
dd Removes the entire current line.
x Deletes the letter at the cursor position.
Table 17: vi line mode commands
w Saves the file (w is for write).
wq Saves and closes the file (q is for quit).
q! Closes the file without saving.
w file Saves the file with the name <file>.
e file Opens the file named <file>.