Here is the gist of most commonly used set commands in vi editor.
:set nu
Display line numbers in via editor
:set nonu
Do not display line numbers in vi editor
:set eb
Beep the speaker every time an error occurs
:set noeb
Do not beep the speaker in case of error
:set ai
Set auto indent on
:set noai
Do not set auto indent
:set ic
Ignore case while searching a pattern in via editor
:set noic
Make the search case sensitive, don't ignore case
:set terse
Make messages terse
:set noterse
Do not make error messages terse
:set mesg
Permit receipt of messages from other terminals
:set nomesg
Do not permit receipt of messages
There are of course numerous other options available. To get a complete list of all the options with set, use below command
:set all
Published on August 30, 2014 21:49