I made up a list of vim commands I use , I wrote down the list but did not sort them out.
Also an Advanced Vim Tutorial can be found here written by smr , his homepage @T smr.co.in .
Also the list can be found @T http://students.iiit.ac.in/~sairam/tutorial/Vim.txt .
vim Shortcuts &| Small Codes
———————————————h->left
j->down
k->up
l->right
k
h l
jCtrl+N &| Ctrl+P for word Completion
:s/old/new/ for replacing in that line only,
:%s/old/new/g for replacing in the whole text.
:23,84s/old/new/ for replacing the text from lines 23 to 84.
:vsplit | :vs for vertical splitting,
:split for splitting horizontally,
:!cmd to execute a bash command.
Ctrl+G to show the file status.
Ctrl+[ for Escape mode.
i for insert mode.
I for insert mode, but changing the cursor to the start of the line.
R for Replace mode.
Ins for Insert/Replace Mode.
/searchword for searching from top to bottom
?searchword for searching from bottom to top
n for next match of the string
N for previous match of the string
/searchword\c for case-insensitivity.
:w to save
:q to quit
😡 == :wq = ZZ to save and quit.
:X for encrypting in vim and only vim can decrypt it.
$ -> End of line,
^ -> Start of line,
+ -> for going a line down,
– -> for going a line up.
G -> for going to the end of file,
gg -> for going to the start of file,
:23 | 23G -> goes to the 23rd Line,
yy -> yanking,
dd-> deleting,
p -> paste below the current line.
P-> paste above the current line,
J -> to join this line and the next line,
% @ } or { or ) or ( for finding their partner,
O -> insert a line above the present line,
0-> insert a line below the present line,
~ -> for changing the case of a letter.
cw-> delete from cursor position to end of word.
C-> Change to end of line.
cc -> delete from cursor position to the end of the line.
:a -> to apply a function|command to all its windows,
a -> start editing after the curr position of the cursor.
:r filename -> prints the file withe name filename at the curr cursor position.
u -> undo
Ctrl+R ->Redo
Ctrl+e to scroll down withe cursor position fixed until it is in view.
Ctrl+y to scroll up withe cursor position fixed until it is in view.
Ctrl+d to scroll down half a page
Ctrl+u to scroll up half a page.
Ctrl+f to scroll down a page,
Ctrl+B to scroll upwards a page,
V -> to select an area horizontally & vertically and apply some function on it.
Ctrl+V to select area vertically & horizontally and apply a function on it,
x-> delete charecter under cursor,
X-> delete charecter before cursor,
d$ -> delete till end of line,
5dw -> delete 5 words.
<no>command -> execute it <no> times,
Ctrl+w + Ctrl+w -> to shift between windows in splitted conditions,
Ctrl+w + Ctrl+r -> to reverse the positions of the windows,
Ctrl+w + Direction Key to go to that window.
Ctrl+w + Ctrl+q -> to quit that window.
* on a word searches for all occurances of that particular word.
Ctrl+y in a line to copy charecters from the above line.
H-> goto top of screen,
L -> goto bottom of screen,
rx-> replace charecter with x
A -> Start Inserting @T end of line.
:f filename -> change current file to filename
” vim: fdm=marker fdl=0 –> @T the end of a vim file applies these settings to that file. It folds with folding marker.
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