Edit Commands (Linux in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition)

Command	Action
`a`	Append after cursor.
`A`	Append to end of line.
`i`	Insert before cursor.
`I`	Insert at beginning of line.
`o`	Open a line below cursor.
`O`	Open a line above cursor.
Esc	Terminate insert mode.
Tab	Insert a tab.
Backspace	Delete previous character (in insert mode).
Ctrl-I	Insert a tab.
Ctrl-U	Delete current line.
Ctrl-V	Insert next character verbatim.
Ctrl-[	Terminate insert mode.

The following table is not exhaustive but illustrates the most common operations.

Command	Action
`cw`	Change through end of current word.
`cc`	Change line.
`c$`	Change text from current position to end-of-line.
`C`	Same as c$.
`dd`	Delete current line.
`d$`	Delete remainder of line.
`D`	Same as d$.
n`dd`	Delete n lines.
`dw`	Delete a word.
`d}`	Delete up to next paragraph.
`d^`	Delete back to beginning of line.
`d/`pattern	Delete up to first occurrence of pattern.
`dn`	Delete up to next occurrence of pattern.
`df`a	Delete up to and including a on current line.
`dt`a	Delete up to (not including) a on current line.
`dL`	Delete up to last line on screen.
`dG`	Delete to end-of-file.
`p`	Insert last deleted text after cursor.
`P`	Insert last deleted text before cursor.
`r`x	Replace character with x.
`R`text	Replace text beginning at cursor.
`s`	Substitute character.
n`s`	Substitute n characters.
`S`	Substitute entire line.
`u`	Undo last change.
`U`	Restore current line.
`x`	Delete current character.
`X`	Delete back one character.
n`X`	Delete previous n characters.
`.`	Repeat last change.
`~`	Reverse case.
`&`	Repeat last substitution.
`Y`	Copy (yank) current line to temporary buffer.
`yy`	Same as Y.
`"`x`yy`	Copy current line to buffer x.
`ye`	Copy text to end of word into temporary buffer.
`yw`	Same as ye.
`y$`	Copy rest of line into temporary buffer.
`"`x`dd`	Delete current line into buffer x.
`"`X`dd`	Delete current line and append to buffer x.
`"`x`p`	Put contents of buffer x.
`J`	Join previous line to current line.
`:j!`	Same as `J`.

11.5. Edit Commands


11.4. Movement Commands		11.6. Saving and Exiting