Vim Flashcards

Moving keys

hjkl

exit

:q!

delete

x

insert

i

Append text the end of the line

A

Save and exit

:wq!

delete word

dw

delete to the end of line

d$

move to the end of the word

e

Move to the start of the line

0

move to the next word

w

delete 5 words

d5w

delete whole line

dd

undo last command

u

undo the u

CTRL-R

put previously deleted text

p

replace a letter

rx

delete to the end of the word and go to Insert mode

ce

move to the end of the document

G

move to the top of the document

gg

show at what line you are currently are

CTRL-G

move to 200th line

200G

search a word forward

/word

search a word backward

?word

find the matching parenthesis

%

substitute a word one time

:s/old/new/g

substitute in whole document

:%s/old/new/g

ask for confirmation each time before substitution

:%s/old/new/gc

save

:w

how to use external commands?

:!command

select text

v(visual mode)

open new line

o-below , O-above

insert text after the cursor

a

insert text after the end of the line

A

replace mode

R

copy

y

paste

p

copy one word

yw

ignore case when searching

:set ic

show partial matches for a search phrase

:set is

highlight search results

:set hls

find help

:help or press F1 or :help user-manual

show all possible completions

CTRL-D

autocomplete

TAB

close a file

:q

basic Vim modes

1. Normal Default; for navigation and simple editing2.Insert For explicitly inserting and modifying text3.Command Line For operations like saving, exiting, etc.4.Visual, 5.Select, 6.Ex-Mode