Houdini 12 Reference Stand-alone utilities spy

spy commands

J or K

Move cursor down / up

H or L

Move cursor left / right

U

Up a directory

D

Down a directory or Display a file (view only) using less

Q + Enter

Quit less (if you entered file with D )

E or V

Both of these will Edit a file (with vi) or Enter directory

Ctrl + B or Ctrl + F

Back or Forward a page

T

Tag file (on/off toggle)

⇧ Shift + T

Pattern tag (enter string to select all files that match)

Ctrl + T

Tag all files in directory (on/off toggle)

Y

Copy (yank) file(s) to the copy buffer

I

Inventory of files in the copy buffer

P

Paste a file from the copy buffer (and clears the buffer)

Z

Clear the copy buffer

⇧ Shift + R

Remove (delete) tagged files or current file if none tagged

C

Copy highlighted or tagged files to user specified directory

M

Move tagged files to a new Name or Directory

⇧ Shift + J

Jump to user specified directory

⇧ Shift + H

Jump to Home Directory

⇧ Shift + L

File info (on highlighted or tagged files)

Ctrl + L

Redraw the screen

!

Enter unix command (use % to refer to tagged files)

/ string

Search (move to) file whose name begins with string

vi commands

J or K

Move cursor down / up

H or L

Move cursor left / right

A

Add text (use E to exit back to command mode)

I

Insert text (use E to exit back to command mode)

X

Delete a character

D + D

Delete a line

Y + Y

Copy current line to Clipboard

P

Paste after current line (deleted text, or copied with Y + Y)

O + W + Enter

Save (Write) the file without quitting

O + W + Q + Enter

Save (Write) the file and then Quit

O + Q + F + Enter

Quit without saving

Alt + E

Launch vi to edit the contents of a Houdini edit field

/ string

Search (move to) string within file

/ + Enter or N

Go to next occurrence of searchString