The most commonly used key description for the VIM editor

n represents a number, words represents a string

1. Set line number: input: Set Nu

2. Jump to a line: Enter NG. First line 1G, tail line g

3. Delete successive n rows: Skip to the row you want to delete, then enter: NDD

4. Delete successive characters of a row: jump to a line first, then enter: NX; NX removes the N characters consecutively.

5, continuous down copy n rows: First jump to a line that needs to be copied, and then enter: Nyy

6. Paste the N line down: First jump to the row you want to paste, enter p, indicating that the next line of the cursor begins to paste, and the input p indicates that the previous line of the cursor begins pasting.

7. Enter characters manually: Jump to a line that you want to enter, and then enter O to insert a new line at the top of the cursor, and enter an o to begin inserting a row on the next line of the cursor.

8. Find a string: Enter:/words to find this string; Words indicates that this string is looked up.

9. Save File: Enter: W path name/file name.

10. Save and exit: Input: QW

11, do not save exit: input: q!

12, Block Selection (visual block): Press CTRL + V, select a column or columns that need to be copied, selected in the anti-white state, press Y to copy, in the input mode, move the cursor to the place where you want to paste, in command mode, press paste.

13. Open multiple Files: VI file1 file2 ... Input:: Files view the number and file of the edited file; in one file, enter:: N Select another file to edit

14. Switch between multiple files: input: N (where n does not represent a number).

15. View multiple file names and numbers: input: Files

16, the File Multi-window operation: First VI open a file, and then enter: SP (without file name in the back to continue to open a copy of the current file) or: SP filename (open another file); ctrl+w switch between files.

17. Page Turning: Turn the screen with Ctrl+f to the end of the file, and flip the screen to the file header with Ctrl+b.

18, jump to the beginning of the line with: 0; jump to the end: $

19. Global substitution:%s/source string/destination string/g

20, using the command set IC or set Noic to define whether the lookup is case-sensitive or case-insensitive, the default is case-sensitive.

21, D0 the current cursor is deleted to the beginning of theline; d$ the current cursor is deleted to the end.

The most commonly used key description for the VIM editor