The Vim editor explains in detail

Vim Editor Detailed

Vim for File Editor: Word processor

Vi:visual Interface

Vim:vi improved VI's enhanced version

There are three modes of vim:

Edit mode (Command mode)

Input mode

Last-line mode

Mode conversion:

Edit mode--Input mode:

I: Switch to input mode before the current cursor character

A: After the current cursor character, switch to input mode

o: Insert a row below the current cursor character, and convert to input mode

I: Converted to input mode at the beginning of the current row

A: At the end of the line at the current line, convert to input mode

O: Insert a row above the current cursor character, and convert to input mode

Input mode--edit mode Press ESC

Edit mode--mo-line mode press:

Last line mode--edit mode press Esc,esc two times

Usage: #vim FILENAME

First, open the file

Vim +n: Represents an open file and is positioned on the nth (NUM) line

Vim +: Indicates open file and navigates to the last line

Vim +/pattern: Open the file and navigate to the beginning of the line that was first matched to the PATTERN

When you open a file, it is in edit mode by default.

Second, close the file

1. Closing the file in the last line mode

: Q exits the file directly

: Wq=x Save and exit

: q! Save and exit

: W Save

W: Forcibly saved

2. Exit in edit mode

ZZ: Save and exit

Third, move the cursor (in edit mode)

1. Character-by-word movement:

H: Move left

L: Move Right

J: Move Down

K: Move Up

N (H, L, J, K) moves n characters at a time

2. Move in Word units

W: Move to the beginning of the next word

E: Jumps to the ending of the current or next word

B: Jump to the beginning of the current or previous word

N (w, E, b) beats n words at a time

3. In-line jump:

0: Absolute beginning of line (including whitespace characters)

^: first non-whitespace character at the beginning of a line

$: absolute end of line

4. Jump between rows

N (G): jumps to Nth line;

G: Jump to the last line

In MO-line mode, Direct: n jumps to nth row.

Four, turn the screen

CTRL+F: Flip one screen down

Ctrl+b: Turn up one screen

Ctrl+d: Flip Down half screen

Ctrl+u: Flip up half screen

V. Delete a single character

X: Delete the character of the cursor, one character at a time

N (x): Delete all n characters from the cursor and backwards

Vi. Delete command D

DD: Delete cursor in the row

N (DD) Delete the row of the cursor and a total of n rows down

d$: Delete cursor position to end of line

D0: Delete cursor position to beginning of line

N (DW, DE, db): delete n words

In the last line mode:

Start line, end row D Example: 1,8d Delete first to eighth row

.: Indicates when the forward

$: Last line $-3 indicates the third line to the bottom

+n: Down N-line example: 1,+5 delete the row of the cursor and the next 5 rows

Seven, Paste command p

P: If you delete or copy to a whole line, paste to the bottom of the line where the cursor is located, and if the copied or deleted content is a non-full line, paste it behind the character of the cursor;

P: If you delete or copy to an entire row, paste to the top of the line where the cursor is located, and paste to the front of the character where the cursor is located if the copied or deleted content is not a whole line

Eight, copy command y

YY: The line where the cursor is copied

N (yy) copy cursor row and down total n rows

y$: Copy cursor position to end of line

Y0: Copy cursor position to beginning of line

N (yw, ye, YB): copy n words

Nine, modify, first delete the specified content, and then converted to input mode

CC: Delete the line where the cursor is located and convert to input mode

N (cc) Delete the row of the cursor and a total of n rows down and convert to input mode

C $: Delete cursor to end of line and convert to input mode

C0: Delete the cursor position to the beginning of the line and convert to input mode

N (CW, CE, CB): delete n words and convert to input mode

X. Replace command R

R: Example of the character of the replacement cursor: R--A press R at the cursor position to replace the character of the cursor with a

R: Enter replacement mode

Xi. undo Edit Operation U

U: Undo the previous edit operation

The continuous u command can undo the previous N operations. (Up to 50 times)

N (U): Undo the last N edit operation directly

Restore the most recent undo operation: Ctrl+r

12. Repeat the previous edit operation

.: Repeat the previous edit operation

13. Visualization Mode

V: Select by character

V: Select the use of rectangular block: Edit mode Press V, then left and right arrows to select content, you can directly copy, delete and other operations.

14. Find

/pattern from file header to tail

? PATTERN looks from the line where the cursor is located to the file header

N: when matching to multiple, n looks down to the next

N: When matching to multiple, N finds the next

XV, find replacement (used in the last line mode)

Startline,endlines/pattern/string/gi

., $-1s/ba/ob/gi from the current line to the penultimate row to find all the BA replaced by OB ignores case global substitution.

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The Vim editor explains in detail