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Moving
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k |
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j |
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h |
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l |
Move Forward One "Word"
Forward to Whitespace |
w
W |
Move Forward to End of "Word"
Same but to Whitespace |
e
E |
Move Backward one word (start)
Move Backward to whitespace |
b
B |
Page Down One Page |
<Ctrl-f> |
Page Up One Page |
<Ctrl-b> |
These can be used with text objects and repeat modifiers ie 2j will move down 2 lines instead of one, 3w will move 3 "words" forward, etc.
Moving Advanced
Move to End of Line |
$ |
Move to beginning of Line (first character) |
^ |
Move to beginning of line |
0 |
Move to top of file |
gg |
Move to bottom of file |
G |
Move to line <num> |
<num>G 6G |
Find next occurrence of <char>
Find previous occurrence of <char> |
f<char>
F<char> |
'Till the next occurence of <char>
'Till the previous occurrence of <char> |
t<char>
T<char> |
Move cursor to matching pair () {} [] |
% |
Move cursor to top of screen |
H (Home) |
Move cursor to middle of screen |
M |
Move cursor to bottom of screen |
L (Last) |
Re-position cursor to the top |
zt |
Re-position cursor to the middle |
zz |
Re-position cursor to bottom |
zb |
You can repeat the commands with f and t using ; for forward repeat and , for backwards repeat
Marks
Make mark |
m[a-zA-Z] |
Go to line with mark |
'[a-zA-Z] |
Go to actual column mark |
`[a-zA-Z] |
:marks |
Show marks |
The marks A-Z are stored between files. the marks a-z are only in that single file. So two files can have different marks a but there can only be one A mark.
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Inserting Text
Insert before current position
Insert at beginning of line (first char) |
i
I |
Insert after current position
Insert at the end of line |
a
A |
Insert new line below current line
Insert new line above current line |
o
O |
Read Text from <source> (source can be a file or command) |
:r file.txt |
Modifying Text
Delete one char
Delete one char to left |
x
X |
Delete text to motion |
d<motion> |
Change text to motion |
c<motion> |
Delete single line |
dd |
Change entire line |
cc | S |
Delete to end of line |
D |
Change to the end of line |
C |
Replace single character at cursor |
r<char> |
Enter insert mode but replace text |
R |
Copy text to motion |
y<motion> |
Copy line |
yy |
Paste text after cursor
Paste text before cursor |
p
P |
If you copy an entire line, p will paste the whole line below the current line and P will do the same above.
Text Objects
A word (arround something) |
a<motion/char> |
Inner word (inside something) |
i<motion/char> |
The text objects can be used with text modifying commands, like d, c, y, and p. ciw will change the inner word (keep whitespace) and wait for text in insert mode.
For more information see :help text-objects
Visual Mode
Enter Visual Mode |
v |
Enter Visual Block Mode |
<Ctrl-v> |
Enter Visual Line Mode |
<Shift-v> |
Visual mode accepts commands like d, c, y, and p after text has been selected.
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Searching
Search forward |
/ |
Search backward |
? |
Move to next search result
Move to previous search |
n
N |
Match whole word |
\<text\> |
Regex searching |
^$. |
Search forward the word under the cursor |
* |
Search backward the word under the cursor |
# |
Escape regex chars with \
Registers
Access register |
"[a-z] |
Append to register |
"[A-Z] |
Macros
Start recording macro |
q[a-z] |
Execute recorded macro |
@[a-z] |
Execute last used macro |
@@ |
Files
Save file |
:w |
Save and Quit |
:wq |
Edit a new file |
:e filename |
Save copy of file |
:w filename.copy |
Save copy and edit copy of file |
:saveas filename.copy |
Change name of the current file |
:file filename |
Use ! to override warnings about saving files. Like if you type :q without saving changes Vim will warn you about this. But if you really want to discard your changes use :q!
Files Advanced
Open file in a split window |
:split filename |
Open file in a vertically split window |
:vsplit filename |
Open file in a new tab |
:tabedit filename |
Move to window |
<Ctrl-w><motion> |
Move to next tab |
gt |
Move to previous tab |
gT |
Move current window to tab |
<Ctrl-W>T |
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