8.00 Vim

8.01 Help

Vimtutor

:help

CTRL-] jumps to the linked text

CTRL-o jumps back to where you were in the help text

CTRL – L refresh the screen

8.02 Start Vim

vim (starts vim)

vi filename (edit filename )

vim -R view FILENAME (vies files without changing them. (Read only)

vim -r (checks for swap files (after vim crash, helps to locate and recover the file)

8.03 Exit

:q! exit without saving

:wq save and exit

:w FILENAME to save changes made to the file

: #,# w FILENAME to save between line this and that

ZZ write your newly entered text to the disk and end the editing session

8.04 Moving the Cursor

h left one character

l right one character

j down one line

k up one line

0(zero) move cursor to start of current line (the one with the cursor)

$ move cursor to the end of current line

w move cursor to the beginning of next word

b move cursor back to the begining of preceding word

1G move cursor to first line in the file

nG move cursor to line (n-number)

G move cursor to the last line in file

Number l/h moves cursor times the number specified. (l-right, h-left)

8.07 Screen Manupulation

Ctrl b backward one screen

Ctrl d down(forward) one half screen

Ctrl u up (back) one half screen

Ctrl l redraws the screen

Ctrl r redraws the screen

8.06 Inserting Text

i insert text

I insert text at the beginning of current line

a append text after cursor

A append text to end of current line

o open and put text in a new line below current line

O open and put text in a line above current line

8.07 Changing Text

r replace single character under cursor

R replace character, starting with current position

cw change the current word with new text, starting with the character under cursor

cNw change N words beginning with character under cursor

C change the character in the current line

cc change the entire current line

Ncc change the next N line, starting with the current line

:s/old/new/g -substitute to replace old with new (g stand for globally)To change every occurrence of character string between two line,

:#,#s/old/new/g -where #, # are the number of the two lines

%s/old/new/g -to change every occurrence in the whole file

%s/old/new/gc -ask for the conformation

8.08 Deleting Text

x delete single character under cursor

Nx delete N character, starting with character under cursor

dw delete the single word beginning with character under cursor

dNw delete N words beginning with character under cursor; Example: d5w deletes 5 words

D delete the reminder of the line, starting with current cursor position

dd delete entire current line

de deletes from the cursor to the end of the word NOT including the space

2dd deleted two lines from the cursor to the end of the line

8.09 Cutting and Pasting Text

yy copy the current line into the buffer

Nyy copy the next N lines, including the current line, into the buffer

p paste

8.10 Location adn Search

Ctrl-g show the location in the file and the file status

/ followed by the phrase search for the phrase

? followed by the phrase search for the phrase in the backward direction

n searches again

N searches again in the opposite direction

% finds matching ), }, ]

8.11 Determing Line Numberss

Shift-G move to the bottom of the file. Line number followed by the command places you in that line.

: .= returns line number of current line at bottom of screen

:= returns the total number of lines at bottom of screen

:set ic ignore case in search

:set number causes vim to display line numbers next to the typed text

:set nonumber set number off

8.12 Saving and Reading

:r filename read file named filename and insert after current line (the line with cursor)

:w<enter> write current contents to file named in original vi call

:w newfile <enter> write current contents to a new file named newfile

:12,35w smallfile <enter>write contents of the lines 12 through 35 to a new file named smallfile

:w! prevfile <enter> write current contents over a pre-existing file named prevfile

8.13 Undo

u undo

U to fix the whole line

:redo vim will redo the undone command

CTRL-R redo the command

p put last deletion after the cursor

r (chr) to replace character under the cursor

cw to change part or all of a world (places you in Insert mode, (w-word, $-end of line))

:! followed by the external command to execute the command