Command Overview Edit Movements

If you would like to use the insert and delete commands, you have to enable them with the :set memmove option. These commands are locked per default, because you must not move bytes to a different address for many types of binary files (e.g. executables, database files, etc.). If you usually edit files where bytes can be moved, you can add the :set memmove directive to your .bvirc file.

Command	BVI	VI
Replace bytes	r   replace a single byte, no ESC needed R replace multiple bytes until you type ESC ~ toggle between uppercase and lowercase of a byte
Append bytes	A   append bytes at end of file D delete bytes to end of file	A   append characters at end of line D delete characters to end of line
Insert bytes	i   insert byte in front of cursor position a insert byte after cursor position
	I   insert byte at begin of file	I   insert characters at begin of line
	not available	o insert new line below current line O insert new line above current line
Delete bytes	x   delete byte at of cursor position X delete byte in front of cursor position dSPACE delete byte at cursor position dfC delete from current position to next character C d/xyz delete from current position to first occurance of matching pattern xyz d?xyz delete from current position to first occurance of matching pattern xyz in reverse direction d'a delete from current position to mark a dnG delete from current position to byte with (decimal) address n
	not available, because there are no lines, sentences, paragraphs or sections in a binary file	dd   delete line d) delete from cursor position through first following end of sentence d} delete from cursor position through first following end of paragraph d] delete from cursor position through first following end of section
	d\6a 56 ff   delete from cursor position to first occurance of hex pattern 6a 56 ff d#6a 56 ff   delete from cursor position to first occurance of hex pattern 6a 56 ff in reverse direction	not available
	D delete from current position to EOF   d$	D delete from current position to end of line   d$
Undo edits	u   Undo the most recent change
	not available	U   Undo all of the changes made to the current line

Note that most of the commands can be used with a decimal repeat count in front of the command!

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