Common commands for Vim

Vim is an enhanced version of Vi, it does not have a menu. Only command

Insert

A

Inserts text after the current cursor

A

Inserting text at the end of a bank

I

Insert text before the cursor

I

Inserting text at the beginning of the bank

O

Insert a new line under the cursor

O

Insert a new line on the cursor

H

Move left one character

J

Move down one character

K

Move down one character

I

Move one character to the right

$

Move to the end of the current line

0

Moves to the beginning of the current line (number 0)

H

Move top of screen

M

Move to the center of the screen

L

Move the lower end of the screen

Gg

To the first line of the entire file

G

To the last line of the entire file

NG

To line N, for example 5G to line 5th of the entire file

: N

to Nth row

Delete

X

Delete the character at the cursor location

Nx

Delete n characters at cursor location

Dd

Delete the cursor in the row

Ndd

Delete n rows, for example: 5DD Delete 5 rows

Dg

Delete the content at the end of the cursor

D

Delete from the cursor to the end of the line

: n1,n2d

Deletes the specified range of rows, indicating that the deletion starts from the N1 line to the N2 row. Example: 8,20d to delete the contents from line 8th to line 20th

Copy and paste

Yy,y

Copy when moving forward

Nyy,ny

Copy n rows below the current row

Dd

Cut the current line (remove and paste first)

Ndd

Cut the following n rows of the current row

P

Pastes the contents on the next line of the current cursor (lowercase)

P

Pastes the contents on the previous line of the current cursor (uppercase)

D

Delete the end of the line from where the cursor is to the current line

: n1,n2d

Deletes the specified range of rows, indicating that the deletion starts from the N1 line to the N2 row. Example: 8,20d to delete the contents from line 8th to line 20th

Replace and cancel

R

Replace the character at which the cursor is located

R

Replace the character at the beginning of the cursor and press ESC to end.

Example: This is a test document

If the current cursor is at position A, you enter R in command mode. What you start typing will replace the a test document.

U

Cancel the previous action

Search and replace

/string

/means looking up a string from the previous document

When you press N, the character jumps to the place where it appears, and when you press N, it jumps up to the last occurrence.

Ignore case when opening search: Set IC

Ignore case when search is closed: Set Noic

N

Query where characters appear in the past

N

Find the position where the character appears from the backward forward

:%s/old/new/g

Replaces the specified string with the full text, and old represents the character to be replaced. New indicates the character to be replaced

For example, replace all 123 characters in a document with 789

:%s/123/789/g

: n1,n2s/old/new/g

Replaces the specified string within a certain range, similar to the full text. Only in a certain range. N1 and N2 are indicated in a certain line.

Example: Replace 789 in line 10th to 12 with 007 characters

: 10,12s/789/007/g

You can also put: 10,12s/789/007/g after the G to the C character (: 10,12S/789/007/C), a confirmation message will appear to indicate whether you want to replace (similar to Windows: Are you sure you want to delete it?). ）

Replace with 007 (y/n/a/q/l/^e/^y)?

Y: Replace

N: Do not replace

A: Replace All

Q: Cancel the replacement

Save and exit

: W

Save only do not exit

: w a.txt

Save to A.txt file (save As)

: Q

Exit only

: q!

Exit does not save

: Wq

Exit and save

: wq!

Force exit and save (only for the owner or root of the file)

Zz

Exit and save (equivalent to: WQ)

Other Tips

Import file

: R file Name

Example 1: Import the contents of the hello file to the current cursor position

: R Hello

Import command Execution results

: R! Command

Example 2: Importing the current time of the system to the current cursor

: R!date

Execute commands in VI

:! Command

For example, when you are editing a file in VI, you want to see what is in the/root/test directory, you can execute the following command

:! Ls/root/test

The contents of the test directory will appear, prompting you to press any key to return to the VI edit

Press ENTER or type command to continue

Defining shortcut keys

: Map Shortcut Trigger command

Example 1: No matter where the cursor is in the current line, when Ctrl+b is pressed. Remove the # comment from the beginning of the line.

The command is as follows

: Map ^b 0x

Example 2: No matter where the cursor is in the current line, when Ctr+p is pressed. Add a # comment to the beginning of a line

: Map ^p i#<esc>

(^ means the CTRL key) ^B is pressed by ctrl+v+b or CTRL + V Ctrl+b. If the ^ is pressed through CTRL, the display is

^p is green.

Cancel shortcut keys

: Unmap shortcut keys

Example: Cancel Ctrl+b shortcut keys

: Unmap ^b

Continuous line Comment

: n1,n2s/^/#/g

: n1,n2s/^/#//g

: n1,n2s/^/\/\//g

Example 1: Add # 5 to 10 lines at the beginning of the line

The command is as follows

: 5,10s/^/#/g

^ means back to the beginning

Example 2: Canceling 5 to 10 lines beginning with #

: 5,10s/^#//g

Example 3:5 to 10 line header Add//

: 5,10s/^/\/\//g

where \ Represents the escape character, \/\/is not the letter W but \ and/

Replace

: AB ABC [email protected]

Indicates that when you enter ABC, it is automatically converted to [email protected]

Example 1: If you frequently enter a string of characters in VI and do not want to define shortcut keys. You can use the Ab method. If, you often enter [email protected]. You can do this as follows

: AB [email protected]

This command will be when you enter ABC in VI, enter or space, the ABC character will become [email protected]

Configuration VI

VI configuration file in each user's home directory under the. vimrc file, modify the/ETC/VIMRC file if you want each user to take effect

If you do not have this file, you can create a new one, pay attention to permissions issues

For example, VI/ROOT/.VIMRC file, enter the following simple configuration

Syntax on

Set Nu

Set Autoindent

There are syntax highlighting when using VIM, but there is no syntax highlighting solution when using VI?

Set Vim's alias to VI: Alias Vi=vim

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Common commands for Vim