Vim tips
Vim tips & shortcuts.
i => insert before current letter; go into insert mode from command mode
a => insert after current letter; go into insert mode from command mode
I => insert at beginning of current line
A => insert at end of current line
o => add new line below current line
O => add new line above current line
u => undo
ctrl+r => redo undo
r => replace
v => visual mode
: => command mode
:set number => show line number
:set nonumber => hide line number
cc => change/replace entire line, same as S
cw => change/replace the word
c$ => change/replace to the end of current line
dw => delete a word
d$ => delete until end of current line, same as D
dG => delete until end of current file
dd => delete current line
ndd => delete n lines (where n is number of lines)
yy => copy current line
nyy => copy n lines
yw => copy word
ve => select to end of word
y$ => copy to end of line
y0 => copy to start of line
p => paste copied after cursor
P => paste copied before cursor
x => delete from current letter and forward (including current letter)
X => delete from current letter and afterward (excluding current letter)
ESC => go into command mode from insert mode
h => move left
l => move right
j => move down
k => move up
N[hljk] => move N letters left/right; move N lines down/up
$ => move to end of current line
0 => move to start of current line (zero, not O)
w => move word forward (including whitespace)
e => move word forward (excluding whitespace)
ctrl+f => move page forward
ctrl+b => move page back
G => move to bottom of file
gg => move to start of file
nG => move n lines forward
J => delete the line break at the end of current line
> => shift text right
< => shift text left
:lineno => go to number line
ctrl+g => show current location and file status
:w => write/save
:q => quite
:q! => quite without saving changes, same as ZQ
:wq => quite and write/save, same as ZZ or :x
ctrl+v => column/block selection
/ => search forward; n => repeat search forward; N => repeat search backward
? => search backward; n => repeat search forward; N => repeat search backward
:s/old/new/g => substitute old with new for all occurrences in the line
:%s/old/new/g => substitute old with new for all occurrences in the file
:%s/old/new/gc => substitute old with new for all occurrences in the file with confirm prompt
:s/old/new => substitute old with new for first occurrence in the line
:#,#s/old/new/g => substitute old with new for all occurrences in lines #,# (range)References