I’ve noticed that people older than me have always known just a few more vi commands than I do.
I’m in my 40s, so clearly I know about 4:
Writes and quits (I consider these variants of the same thing):
:w
:q
:q!
:wq
ZZ
See the line numbers:
:set number
Delete everything from top to bottom (must be at top, easily remembered by mumbling duck, duck, duck, GOOSE):
:dddG
Search for a string:
/
And that’s probably it. I think I used to know how to cut a line and paste a line, but I’d have to look it up to be 100% correct on the syntax.
Anyone in their 50s or 60s care to add to this dazzlingly long list of inadequacy? Not looking for a cheat sheet or the man page :-p
I still have my tractor feed print out of the vi manual from 1991.
3dd Delete 3 lines
3yy yank 3 lines
P and p put back text after or before cursor
Tx move to character after the x