prepare to add text at beginning of file:0a|1i
find name of file being edited:f
print last 3 lines of file:$-[2|-],$p
print previous line:[-|^]{p}|{.}-{1}{p}
print whole file:1,$p|g/[^|$]/p
delete this line and next:.{,|;}[{.}+{1}|.1]d
prepare to replace text from here to just before next "PP":\
.{,|;}/[PP|{^}\\.PP]/-{1}c
find next "1.2":/1\\.2/{p}
find next 2-or-more digit number:\
/\[[0|1]-9\]\[0-9\]/{p}
move rest of this paragraph (separated by "PP") to end of previous one:\
[.,|{.}+{1},|.1,]/[PP|{^}\\.PP]/-{1}m[??|?{^}{\\.}PP?]-{1}
print every "Oxygen" or "oxygen":[g|1,$g]/\[[Oo|oO]\]xygen/[p|.p]
change each "BTL" in file to "Bell Laboratories" and check:\
[g|1,$g]/BTL/[s|.s]/[/|BTL/]Bell Laboratories/gp
combine every even-numbered line with the next odd-numbered line:\
2,${-{1}}g/[^|$]/[j|.,{.}+{1}j|.,.1j]
print next "SH" and following line:\
/SH/;[{.}+{1}|.1]p|/SH/,[//|/SH/][{.}+{1}|.1]p
print from next "TS" to following "TE":/TS/;/TE/p
reverse order of lines in whole file:[g|1,$g]/^/[m|.m]0
replace each string of x's in current line by one x:\
[s|.s]/[x|\[x\]][x|\[x\]]*/x/g{p}{  (not s/x*/x/g)}
change first "hte" in current line to "the" and check:[s|.s]/hte/the/p
combine previous line and this one:\
[-,|^,|{.}-{1},].j
go to line after third "PP" ahead:\
/[PP|{^}\\.PP]/;[//|/[PP|{^}\\.PP]/];[//|/[PP|{^}\\.PP]/]\
[{+}1|+]|;[{.}+{1}|.1]{  (not ...p)}
exchange current line with previous line:\
[[-|^]m|{.}-{1}m].|{.}m[[--|^^]|{.}-2]
move everything from here through "stop." to end of file:\
.,/stop\\./m$
current line has 2 fields separated by 1 blank; exchange them:\
[s|.s]/[\\|^\\]([.|\[^ \]]*\\) \\([.|\[^ \]]*\\)[/|$/]\\2 \\1/{p}
insert a "0" after last "0" on current line:\
[s|.s]/[.*0/&0|^.*0/&0|0\\(\[^0\]*\\)$/[0&|00\1]|0\[^0\]*$/0&\
|\[^0\]*$/0&]/{p}
replace "a*b" by "a**b":s/[a\\*b|a[*]b]/a**b/{p}|\
s/\\*/**/p
attach the word "extra" to the end of the current line:\
[s|.s]/$/{ }extra/{p}
replace "ATT" in current line by "AT&T":\
[s|.s]/ATT/AT\\&T/{g}{p}
double the length of the current line by repetition:\
[s|.s]/[.*|.|^.*$]/&&/{p}
look for another line containing what you just looked for://
find the previous line that contains a capital letter:?\[A-Z\]?{p}
delete the next line that contains only capital letters:\
/^\[A-Z\]*$/d|/^\[A-Z\]\[A-Z\]*$/d
place a copy of current line at the end of the file:\
t$|.{,.}t$
find how many lines there are:=|$=
find the number of the current line:.=
delete the first 3 lines of the file:1,3d
delete every line that doesn't begin with "A":\
[v|1,$v]/^A/d{  (not g/^\[^A\]/d)}
delete every empty line from here through next "LP":\
.,/[LP|{{^}\\.}LP]/g/^$/d
print the line after each "AU":\
[g|1,$g]/[AU|{^}\\.AU]/[{.}+{1}|.1]{p}
delete everything after "proud" from current line:\
[s|.s]/proud.*/proud/{p}
delete part of current line from "alpha" through "omega":\
[s|.s]/alpha.*omega//{p}
save everything up through current line in file "prefix":1,.w prefix
prepare to add text at end of file:$a
append the contents of file "suffix" to this file:$r suffix
go back 10 lines:{.}-10{p}|----------
change every "01" in current line to "1":[s|.s]/01/1/g{p}
go to next line that contains a double capital letter:\
/\\(\[A-Z\]\\)\\1/{p}
place parens () around current line:\
[s|.s]/[.*|^.*$]/(&)/{p}
the current line is too long for your terminal; print it to fit:\
l|.l
put the work you've done back in the original file:w
append the whole file to the file "unfinished":\
[W|1,$W] unfinished
insert "\\&" at beginning of current line:\
[s|.s]/^/\\\\\\&/{p}
list your current directory:!ls
stop work on current file and shift to file "other":e other
