VIM editor

VIM editor:

:w !sudo tee % = this command will ask you root psw after you edited a file and you are getting the error that file is own by root and need to sudo vim instead

$sudo vim /path/to/file

:wq = write and force quit

:q! = exit and ignore any changes

ZZ = exit and save changes if any have been made

:x = exit, saving changes

dd = delete current line (delete without going into insert mode)

:d = delete current line

yy = yank current line (copy without going into insert mode) u :y = yank current line

y$ = yank to the end of the line

C = change to the end of line (cut and go into insert mode)

cc = change the whole line

p = put after the position or after the line (paste without going into insert mode)

P = Put before the position or before the line

/string = search forward for string

?string = search backward for string

n = search for next instance of string

N = search for previous instance of string

:s/pattern/string/flags = replace pattern with string according to flags.

• Arrow keys - move the cursor around

• j, k, h, l - move the cursor down, up, left and right (similar to the arrow keys)

• ^ (caret) - move cursor to beginning of current line

• $ - move cursor to end of the current line

• nG - move to the nth line (eg 5G moves to 5th line)

• G - move to the last line

• w - move to the beginning of the next word

• nw - move forward n word (eg 2w moves two words forwards)

• b - move to the beginning of the previous word

• nb - move back n word

• { - move backward one paragraph

• } - move forward one paragraph

• x - delete a single character

• nx - delete n characters (eg 5x deletes five characters)

• dd - delete the current line

• dn - d followed by a movement command. Delete to where the movement command would have taken you. (eg d5w

means delete 5 words

• u - Undo the last action (you may keep pressing u to keep undoing)

• U (Note: capital) - Undo all changes to the current line

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