VIM Commands

Some VIM commands! Vim is case sensitive.

VIM Picture!

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Copy-Past-Delete

Copy

Copy the current line where the cusor locate in.

yy

Copy n lines from the current line.

nyy

Past

Past to the next line.

p

Past to the previous line.

P

Delete

Delete characters from the current cusor to the end of line.

D

Delete the current line where the cusor locate in.

dd

Delete n lines from the current line.

ndd

Delete from the first line to the current line where the cusor locate in.

d1G

Delete the character where the cusor locate in.

x

Delete n characters after the cusor(ps: include it).

nx

Delete the character before the cusor.

X

Delete n characters before the cusor(ps: not include it).

nX

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Search-Replace-Undo

Search

Search down from the place of the Cusor.

/str

Search up from the place of the Cusor.

?str

Search the next one.

n

Search the previous one.

N

Replace

Replace all ‘abc’ to ‘123’.

:%s/abc/123/g

Replace ‘abc’ to ‘123’ one by one.

:%s/abc/123/gc

Undo

Undo the last operation.

u

Repeat the last undo operation.

ctrl + r

Restore the file to the initial state.

:e!

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Insert-Save-Quit

Insert

Insert before the cusor.

i

Insert at the begin of the line where the cusor locate in.

I

Insert after the cusor.

a

Insert at the end of the line.

A

Insert at the next line.

o

Insert at the previous line.

O

Replace

Replace the character where the cusor point to.

r

Change to the ‘Replace Mode’ from the cusor’s place.

R

Exit the ‘Edit Mode’.

ESC

Save

Save the content.

:w

Forced save.

:w!

Save file as fileName.

:w fileName

Save file from the n1 line to the n2 line as fileName.

:n1,n2 w fileName

Quit

Quit the file.

:q

Forced quit.

!q

Forced save and quit.

wq!

Save and Quit

:x

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Cusor Movement

Left-Down-Up-Right

h    j    k    l

The cusor move to the beginning of the line.

0

The cusor move to the end of the line.

$

The cusor move to the end line of the file.

G

The cusor move to the first line of the file.

gg

The cusor move to the n line.

nG

or

:n<Enter>

Move down n lines.

n<Enter>

Move back n characters.

n<Space>

Page up.

ctrl + b

or

pageup

Page down.

ctrl + f

or

pagedown

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Block Operation and Multiple file editor

Block Operation

Select character

v

Select line.

V

Select Block

ctrl + v

Copy the selected data.

y

Delete the selected data.

d

Multiple file editor

Edit two files at the same time.

vim file1 file2

List the file list.

:files

Edit the next one.

:n

Edit the previous one.

:N

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Multiple window operation and Other operations

Multiple window operation

Open another file when one file was opened.

:sp file2

Switch window down.

Press 'ctrl + w',  then press 'j'

Switch window up.

Press 'ctrl + w', them press 'k'

Other operations

Show the line number.

:set nu

Do not show the line number.

:set nonu

Insert the content of the file of ‘filename’ to the place of the cusor.

:r filename

Leaving vim for a while and execute the command ‘command’.

:!command