Vi

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This page describes the set of most useful commands to be used with the vi Editor

Starting vi
 vi filename

Quitting vi without saving
:q!

Correcting text:
ctrl+h --- delete a character
ctrl+u --- delete a line
ctrl+w --- delete a word

Moving the Cursor:
h --- left
j --- down
k --- up
l --- right

Deleting the Text:
x --- single character character 
dw --- word deletion //Move the cursor position to the first character in a word
dd --- line deletion
cw --- Delete the word and go into INSERT mode //Move the cursor position to the first character of the word

Undo command:
u

To display the modes in vi
:set showmode

Adding New Line
o //Position the cursor on the line above where you want the new text to go.

To write the content from Work Buffer to disk file
ZZ