Vim Learning Summary

two modes of vim

Command mode
Edit mode

Command	function
Esc	Exit edit mode

cursor Command

Command	function
H J k L	Lower left top right
: 33	Move cursor to line 33rd
33G	Move cursor to line 33rd
Gg	The cursor moves to the first line of the file (g means go)
G	Cursor moves to end of file line
W	The cursor moves forward one word
B	Move the cursor backward one word
Ctrl+u	Scroll up half screen
Crtl+d	Scroll down half screen
Ctrl+e	Scroll up one line
Ctrl+y	Scroll down one line
Ctrl+f	Scroll up one full screen
Ctrl+b	Scroll down one full screen

Edit Command

Command	function
I	Insert before cursor
I	Beginning of insertion
O	Another line of input
A	Insert after cursor
A	End of line insertion
R	Replace

copy, paste, delete, Undo, Redo

Command	function
Y	Copy when moving forward
: 3, 9 Co 12	After the contents of line 3rd through 9th are copied to 12 rows
P	Paste before cursor
P	Paste after cursor
X	Delete the character after the cursor
X	Delete cursor before character
Dd	Delete the current row, which is actually cut, which is added to the buffer and can be pasted using the Paste command
Ndd	Delete the current line and its subsequent n-1 rows
d$	Delete cursor current to end of line
Dw	Delete a word
V	Visual mode
U	Undo
CTRL + R	Redo

Search Command

Command	function
/pattern	Search Backwards for pattern
? pattern	Search for pattern forward
: Set ignorecase	Ignore Case Lookup
: Set Noignorecase	Case-sensitive Exact match
Fx	Finds the current line next to a character X
%	To match a parenthesis for the purpose of the move

Save, Exit

Command	function
Zz	Save and exit
: W	Save
: Q	Exit
: q!	Discard all forced exits
: Wq	Save and exit

other

Command	function
: Set Nu	Set Display line numbers

Vim Learning Summary