Commnad | Description |
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:q |
quit (fails if there are unsaved changes) |
:q! |
quit and throw away unsaved changes |
:w |
write (save) the file |
:wq |
write (save) the file and exit |
:x |
write (save) the file and exit |
Commnad | Description |
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H |
move to top of screen |
M |
move to middle of screen |
L |
move to bottom of screen |
w |
jump forwards to the start of a word |
W |
jump forwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation) |
e |
jump forwards to the end of a word |
E |
jump forwards to the end of a word (words can contain punctuation) |
b |
jump backwards to the start of a word |
B |
jump backwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation) |
0 |
jump to the start of the line |
^ |
jump to the first non-blank character of the line |
$ |
jump to the end of the line |
G |
go to the last line of the document |
<number>G |
go to line number (e.g. 5G goes to line 5) |
Commnad | Description |
---|---|
i |
insert before the cursor |
I |
insert at the beginning of the line |
a |
append (insert) after the cursor |
A |
append (insert) at the end of the line |
o |
open (append) a new line below the current line |
O |
open (append) a new line above the current line |
ea |
append (insert) at the end of the word |
ESC |
exit insert mode |
Commnad | Description |
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yy |
yank (copy) a line |
<number>yy |
yank (copy) a number of lines (e.g. 2yy copies 2 lines) |
yw |
yank (copy) the characters of the word from the cursor position to the start of the next word |
y$ |
yank (copy) to end of line |
p |
put (paste) the clipboard after cursor |
P |
put (paste) before cursor |
dd |
delete (cut) a line |
<number>dd |
delete (cut) a number of lines lines (e.g. 2dd deletes 2 lines) |
dw |
delete (cut) the characters of the word from the cursor position to the start of the next word |
D |
delete (cut) to the end of the line |
d$ |
delete (cut) to the end of the line |
x |
delete (cut) character |
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syntax: on
or:set syntax=sh
- turns on syntax highlighting.Note: For this feature to work the file you are editing must have a shebang indicating the file is a shell script (e.g.
#!/bin/bash
). -
:set hlsearch
- turns on the highlight search results. -
:set tabstop=4
- the value to 4 (the default is 8). -
:set autoindent
- causes VIM to indent a new line the same amount as the line just typed.