VI Command Speed look-up table

VI command how commonly used, put in this for reference.

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(Auto) Esc

Last line mode:

/exp go forward to Exp

? exp Go backward to Exp

: w Write Buffer to disk

: w newfile Write buffer to NewFile

: w! File Write Absolutely

: Q Quit Editor

: q! Quit,discarding Buffer

: Wq Write Buffer and quit

: x Write if needed & quit

: F Edit & File Status

: R Read file into buffer

: R file Read named file in

: E (Re) Edit file

: e! (Re) Edit,discard file in

: E file Edit nameed file

: 3,8d Delete Lines 3-8

: 4,9m lines 4-9 to 12

: 2,5t Copy lines 2-5 to 13

: 5,9w file Write lines 5-9 to File

: S/old/new/current line,sub the "old" w/"new"

: s/old/new/g current Line,sub the "old" w/"new"

: 3,9s/old/new Lines 3-9,sub the "old" w/"new"

:%s/old/new all lines,sub the "old" w/"new"

:%s/old/new/g all lines,sub the "old" w/"new"

: S/pat./new A. Matches any charcter

: s/pat*/new A * matches 0 or more "T" s

: S/pa[0-9aeioa-z]/new selection Set or range

: s/pa[^aeiou]/new Match any Non-vowel

: S/^pat/new anchor "par" to beginning of line

: S/pats/new anchor "par" to end of line

:s/old/& and New/restoe matched pattern on sub

:%s/./&/indenta Whoie file

: Set Nu Display Line numbers

: Set Nonu Turn off option

: Set all Show all settings

: Set list Try to display invisible chars

: Set wm=5 Wrap lines 5 sp from R margin

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HLJK Cursor Movement

G Goto last file line

3G Goto Line 3

0 Goto Line Start

$ Goto Line End

% Goto Matching Brace/paren