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54 lines
2.7 KiB
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Vim has two modes.
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1. Insert mode (Where you can just type like normal text editor. Press i for insert mode)
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2. Command mode (Where you give commands to the editor to get things done . Press ESC for command mode)
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Most of them below are in command mode
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x - to delete the unwanted character
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u - to undo the last the command and U to undo the whole line
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CTRL-R to redo
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A - to append text at the end
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:wq - to save and exit
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:q! - to trash all changes
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dw - move the cursor to the beginning of the word to delete that word
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2w - to move the cursor two words forward.
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3e - to move the cursor to the end of the third word forward.
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0 (zero) to move to the start of the line.
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d2w - which deletes 2 words .. number can be changed for deleting the number of consecutive words like d3w
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dd to delete the line and 2dd to delete to line .number can be changed for deleting the number of consecutive words
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The format for a change command is: operator [number] motion
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-operator - is what to do, such as d for delete
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- [number] - is an optional count to repeat the motion
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- motion - moves over the text to operate on, such as w (word),
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$ (to the end of line), etc.
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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)
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r - to replace the letter e.g press re to replace the letter with e
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ce - to change until the end of a word (place the cursor on the u in lubw it will delete ubw )
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ce - deletes the word and places you in Insert mode
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G - to move you to the bottom of the file.
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gg - to move you to the start of the file.
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Type the number of the line you were on and then G
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% to find a matching ),], or }
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:s/old/new/g to substitute 'new' for 'old' where g is globally
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/ backward search n to find the next occurrence and N to search in opposite direction
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? forward search
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:! to run the shell commands like :!dir, :!ls
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:w - TEST (where TEST is the filename you chose.) . Save the file
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v - starts visual mode for selecting the lines and you can perform operation on that like d delete
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:r - Filename will insert the content into the current file
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R - to replace more than one character
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y - operator to copy text using v visual mode and p to paste it
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yw - (copy)yanks one word
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o - opens a line below the cursor and start Insert mode.
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O - opens a line above the cursor.
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a - inserts text after the cursor.
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A - inserts text after the end of the line.
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e - command moves to the end of a word.
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y - operator yanks (copies) text, p puts (pastes) it.
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R - enters Replace mode until <ESC> is pressed.
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ctrl-w to jump from one window to another
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type a command :e and press ctrl+D to list all the command name starts with :e and press tab to complete the command
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