MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual, Vol 2

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d deletes the object.

y yanks the object to the appropriate buffer; the original object is not changed. This

may be used to duplicate or copy objects.

< shifts the object left by the value of the variable shiftwidth. This operator al-

ways works on a line basis. This command replaces existing blanks and tabs at the

beginning of the line with the minimum number of tabs and spaces required to create

the new indent amount. count shifts count lines.

> shifts the object right by the value of the variable shiftwidth. This operator al-

ways works on a line basis. This command replaces existing blanks and tabs at the

beginning of the line with the minimum number of tabs and spaces required to create

the new indent amount. count shifts count lines.

! ﬁlters the object through an external command. After typing the object, the com-

mand line opens up for a system command which is parsed in the same manner as the

Ex system command (:!). This operator then invokes the given command and sends

the entire object on a line basis to that command. The object is then deleted and the

output from the command replaces it. For example, 1G!Gsort moves to the ﬁrst line

of the ﬁle; then takes all the text from the ﬁrst line to the last line and runs it through

the sort command.

Object Manipulator Abbreviations

To make things easier, vi supports the following shorthand commands. Each can be preceded

by count and/or by a buffer name to save the manipulated text.

C changes to the end of the current line. This is equivalent to the c$ command.

D deletes to the end of the current line. This is equivalent to the d$ command.

S substitutes current line. This is equivalent to the cc command.

s substitutes current character. This is equivalent to the cl command.

X deletes the previous character. This is equivalent to the dh command.

x deletes current the character. This is equivalent to the dl.

Y yanks current line. This is equivalent to the yy command.

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