Vim Commands

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vim (or vi )

Back 1

Run vim and open the given filename

Hint 1

Basic Usage

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:w

Back 2

save file

Hint 2

Basic Usage

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:x or SHIFT ZZ

Back 3

Save and Exit

Hint 3

Basic Usage

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:q

Back 4

Exit if no changes have been made

Hint 4

Basic Usage

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:q!

Back 5

Exit and undo any changes made

Hint 5

Basic Usage

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:set nu

Back 6

Display line numbers

Hint 6

Basic Usage

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h

Back 7

Move left one character

Hint 7

Movement

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j

Back 8

Move down one character

Hint 8

Movement

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k

Back 9

Move up one character

Hint 9

Movement

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l

Back 10

Move right one character

Hint 10

Movement

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w

Back 11

move forward one word

Hint 11

Movement

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b

Back 12

move to the start of the word

Hint 12

Movement

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e

Back 13

move to the end of the word

Hint 13

Movement

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(

Back 14

Move back one sentence

Hint 14

Movement

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)

Back 15

Move forward one sentence

Hint 15

Movement

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{

Back 16

Move back one paragraph

Hint 16

Movement

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}

Back 17

Move forward one paragraph

Hint 17

Movement

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^

Back 18

Move to the beginning of the line

Hint 18

Movement

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$

Back 19

Move to the end of the line

Hint 19

Movement

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5G

Back 20

Move to the 5th line

Hint 20

Movement

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G

Back 21

Move to the last line

Hint 21

Movement

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gg

Back 22

Move to the firdt line

Hint 22

Movement

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%

Back 23

Move to the matching bracket

Hint 23

Movement

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x

Back 24

Delete a single character.

Hint 24

Deleting

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D

Back 25

Delete the rest of the line.

Hint 25

Deleting

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dd

Back 26

Delete the entire current line.

Hint 26

Deleting

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5dw

Back 27

Delete the next 5 words.

Hint 27

Deleting

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5dd

Back 28

Delete the next 5 lines.

Hint 28

Deleting

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:1,5d

Back 29

Delete from line 1 through to line 5

Hint 29

Deleting

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i

Back 30

Enter insert mode at the cursor

Hint 30

Entering Insert Mode

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a

Back 31

Enter insert mode after the cursor

Hint 31

Entering Insert Mode

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l

Back 32

Enter insert mode before the current line

Hint 32

Entering Insert Mode

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A

Back 33

Enter insert mode after the current line

Hint 33

Entering Insert Mode

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o

Back 34

Insert a new line after the current line

Hint 34

Entering Insert Mode

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O

Back 35

Insert a new line before the current line

Hint 35

Entering Insert Mode

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C

Back 36

Overwrite the whole current line

Hint 36

Entering Insert Mode

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ESC

Back 37

Exit insert mode

Hint 37

Entering Insert Mode

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/pattern

Back 38

Search for a pattern

Hint 38

Search and replace

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n

Back 39

Find the next occurrence of pattern

Hint 39

Search and replace

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:%s/pattern/replacing/g

Back 40

Replace every occurance of pattern with replace..

Hint 40

Search and replace

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p

Back 41

Paste clipboard components

Hint 41

Cut and Paste

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yy

Back 42

Yank(copy) a line

Hint 42

Cut and Paste

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yw

Back 43

Yank a word

Hint 43

Cut and Paste

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y$

Back 44

Yank to the end of the line

Hint 44

Cut and Paste