Month: August 2017

Vim has two modes:

1. Insert mode (Where you can just type like normal text editor. Press i for insert mode)

2. Command mode (Where you give commands to the editor to get things done . Press ESC for command mode):

x – to delete the unwanted character

u – to undo the last the command and U to undo the whole line

CTRL-R to redo

A – to append text at the end

:wq – to save and exit

:q! – to trash all changes

dw – move the cursor to the beginning of the word to delete that word

2w – to move the cursor two words forward

3e – to move the cursor to the end of the third word forward

0 (zero) to move to the start of the line

d2w – which deletes 2 words .. number can be changed for deleting the number of consecutive words like d3w

dd  – to delete the line

2dd – to delete to line number. Can be changed for deleting the number of consecutive words

p – puts the previously deleted text after the cursor(Type dd to delete the line and store it in a Vim register. and p to put the line)

r – to replace the letter e.g press re to replace the letter with e

ce – to change until the end of a word (place the cursor on the u in lubw it will delete ubw)

ce – deletes the word and places you in Insert mode

G – to move you to the bottom of the file

gg – to move you to the start of the file. Type the number of the line you were on and then G

% – to find a matching ), ], or }

:s/old/new/g to substitute ‘new’ for ‘old’ where g is globally

/ backward search n to find the next occurrence and N to search in opposite direction

? forward search

:! to run the shell commands like :!dir, :!ls

:w – TEST (where TEST is the filename you chose.) . Save the file

v – starts visual mode for selecting the lines and you can perform operation on that like d delete

:r – Filename will insert the content into the current file

R – to replace more than one character

y – operator to copy text using v visual mode and p to paste it

yw – (copy)yanks one word

o – opens a line below the cursor and start Insert mode

O – opens a line above the cursor

a – inserts text after the cursor

A – inserts text after the end of the line

e – command moves to the end of a word

y – operator yanks (copies) text, p puts (pastes) it

R – enters Replace mode until <ESC> is pressed

ctrl-w – to jump from one window to another