Linux Text Editing Tool vim

Vim Three modes: General mode , edit Mode , Command mode .

*  General mode: when you vim filename to edit a file, it is normal mode to enter the file. . In this mode, you can do the following actions: Move the cursor up or down, delete a character, delete a row, copy , paste one line, or multiple lines .

*  Span style= "font-family: Arial" > edit mode: In general mode, it is not possible to modify a character, only to edit mode from general mode into edit mode, just you press a key ( i,i,a,a,o,o,r,r ) When you enter edit mode, it appears on the bottom line of the screen "INSERT or replace " from edit mode back to normal mode just click on the top left of the keyboard esc key to

*  Command mode: in general mode, enter ":" or "/" to Enter command mode . In this mode, you can search for a character or a string, or you can save , replace , exit , Displays line numbers and so on .

Move the cursor in general mode

h or LEFT ARROW key	The cursor moves one character to the left
J or DOWN ARROW key	Move the cursor down one character
K or UP ARROW key	Move the cursor up one character
L or RIGHT ARROW key	The cursor moves one character to the right
CTRL + F or PageUp key	The screen moves forward one page
CTRL + B or PageDown key	The screen moves backward one page
Ctrl + D	The screen moves forward half a page
Ctrl + u	The screen moves back half a page
+	Cursor moves to the next column of non-whitespace
-	Cursor moves to the previous column of non-whitespace
n Spaces (n is number)	Press the number n and then press a space, the cursor moves to the right n characters, and if the number of characters is less than N, the cursor continues to move from the downstream to the right, up to n
0 (number 0) or shift+6	Move to the beginning of the bank
Shift+4	That ' $ ' moves to the end of the bank.
H	Cursor moves to the top row of the current screen
M	The cursor moves to the center line of the current screen
L	Cursor moves to the bottom row of the current screen
G	Cursor moves to the last line of text
NG (n is number)	Move to the nth row of the text
Gg	Move the first line with the text
N Enter (n is number)	Move the cursor down n rows

Find and Replace in general mode

/word	Look for a string named word after the cursor, and when you find the first word, press "n" to continue searching for a
? word	Look for a string named word before the cursor, and when you find the first word, press "n" to continue searching for the previous
: n1,n2s/word1/word2/g	Find the Word1 string in N1 and N2 and replace it with WORD2, and you can change the "/" to "#"
: 1, $s/word1/word2/g	From the first line to the last line, look for word1 and replace it with WORD2
: 1, $s/word1/word2/gc	Plus the role of C is to require user confirmation before replacing

Copy, paste, delete in general mode

X,x	X to remove one character backwards, X to delete one character forward
NX (n is numeric)	Remove n characters backwards
Dd	Delete the line where the cursor is located
NDD (n is numeric)	Delete the next n rows where the cursor is located
d1g	Delete all data from the row to the first row of the cursor
Dg	Delete all data from the row to the last row of the cursor
Yy	Copy the line where the cursor is located
Nyy	Copy down n rows from the line where the cursor is located
P,p	P The copied data is pasted from the next line of the cursor, and p is pasted from the cursor line
y1g	Copy all data from the row to the first row of the cursor
YG	Copy all data from the row to the last row of the cursor
J	To combine data from the row of the cursor with the next row
U	Restore past operations

Edit mode

I	Inserts a character match either the current character
I	Inserts a character at the beginning of the current line
A	Inserts a character specifier the current character
A	Inserts a character at the end of the current row line
O	Insert a new row below the current line
O	Insert a new row on the current line
R	Replace the character with the cursor, replacing it only once
R	Always replace the character of the cursor until you press ESC

Command mode

: W	Save the edited text
: w!	Force Save if Text property is read-only
: Q	Exit vim
: q!	No edits or edits are not saved exit
: Wq	Save, exit
: e!	Restore a document to its original state
Zz	If the document does not change, then do not store away, if the document has been changed, then the store left, equivalent to: Wq
: w [filename]	Save the edited document as FileName
: R [FileName]	Reads the contents of the filename document below the line where the current cursor is located
: Set Nu	Show line numbers at the beginning of each line
: Set Nonu	Cancel line number
N1,N2 w [filename]	Save the contents of N1 to N2 as filename for this document
:! Command	Temporarily leave Vim to run a Linux command, for example:! Ls/home temporarily lists the files under the/home directory and then prompts you to press ENTER to return to VIM

Linux Text Editing Tool vim