Use of the VIM editor

Use of the VIM editor

Commands used by VIM

• : Q Exit VI directly:
• Wq exit VI after saving, and can create new file
• : q! Force exit
• : W file saves the current content as a file
• : Set Number | NU Displays line numbers in edit file
• : Set Nonumber |nonu does not display line numbers in edit file

VIM Move Cursor Command

• H: Move the cursor one character to the left

• L: Move the cursor right one character

• Space: Move the cursor right one character

• Backspace: Cursor moves left one character

• K or ctrl+p: Move the cursor up one line

• J or CTRL + N: Move the cursor down one line

• Enter: Move the cursor down one line

• W or W: Move the cursor right one word to the beginning of the word

• B or B: The cursor moves left one word to the beginning of the word

• E or E: Move the cursor right one word to the end of the word

• 0: (note is the number 0) cursor moves to the beginning of the current line

• $: Cursor moves to the end of the current line

VIM Flip Screen Command

• Ctrl+u: First half screen to file

• Ctrl+d: Half-screen to the end of the file

• CTRL+F: Flip a screen to the end of a file

• ctrl+b; Turn one screen to the top of the file

• NZ: Rolls line N to the top of the screen and scrolls the current line to the top of the screen when n is not specified.

VIM Insert Text command

• I: Before the cursor

• I: At the beginning of the current

• A: After the cursor

• A: At the end of the current line

• O: A new line below the current line

• O: New row above the current line

• R: Replace the current character

• R: Replaces the current character and its characters until the ESC key is pressed

VIM Delete Text command

• NDW or NDW: Delete the n-1 characters at the beginning and after the cursor

• Do: Delete to the beginning of the line

• d$: Delete to end of line

• NDD: Deletes the current line and its subsequent n-1 rows

• X or x: Deletes a character, x deletes the cursor, and x deletes the cursor before the

• Ctrl+u: Delete text entered under input mode

VIM Search Replacement Command

• /pattern: Searches for pattern at the end of the file from the beginning of the cursor

• ? pattern: Searches for pattern from the beginning of the cursor to the top of the file

• N: Repeat the last search command in the same direction

• N: Repeats the last search command in the opposite direction

• : s/p1/p2/g: Replaces all P1 in the current row with P2

• : n1,n2 s/p1/p2/g: Replace all P1 in line N1 to N2 with P2

• : g/p1/s//p2/g: Replace all P1 in the file with P2

Use of the VIM editor