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• VIM Commands

  • Change Modes
  • Add new lines
  • Copy, Paste
  • Delete
  • Find, Search
  • Indentation
  • Jumping around
  • Left, Down, Up, Right
  • Move cursor
  • Save, Quite File
  • Scrolling screen
  • Undo, Redo

VIM Commands

I’m currently using

• VIM Editor for Python (iTerm)
• IdeaVim for Golang (IntellJ)
• VSCodeVim for JavaScript (VS Code)

Vim has 3 modes.

1. Insert Mode
   Write text
2. Normal Mode (Visual Mode)
   Navigate and manipulate text
3. Command Mode
   Can input a wide variety of commands.

Change Modes

• Normal Mode → Insert mode
  i : insert
  Enter insert mode

  • Insert at the beginning of the line
    I
  • Insert end of the line
    A
  • Insert at the nend of the word
    ea
• Insert mode → Normal Mode
  v : Visual
  Enter visual mode
  V
  Enter linewise visual mode
• Command mode
  esc
  Enter Command mode

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Left, Down, Up, Right

• Move Left
  h
• Move Down
  j
• Move Up
  k
• Move Right
  l

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Undo, Redo

• Undo
  u
• Redo
  ctr + r

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Delete

• Delete a character
  x : Delete character after the cursor.
  X : Delete character before the cursor.
• Delete a word
  dw
• Delete the line
  d + d : Delete current line.
• Delete to end of line.
  D

• Delete number of lines.
  <#>d
d<#>j : delete # of lines down(j)

  • e.g.
    3d : Delete 3 lines. 100d : Delete 100 lines.

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Move cursor

• Beginning of the file.
  gg
[[ Move to beginning of the file.
• End of the file.
  G
]]
  Move to end of the file.
• Move to the top of the screen.
  H : High
• Move to the middle of the screen.
  M : Middle
• Move to the bottom of the screen.
  L : Low

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Jumping around

• Jump to specific line.
  :<line#>

  • e.g.
    :14 : Will Jump to line 14.
    :55 : Will Jump to line 55.
• Jump to end of a word.
  e
• Jump to end of a word (before whitespace)
  E
• Jump to beginning of next word.
  w
• Jump to beginning of next word (before whitespace)
  W
• Jump to previous beginning of word.
  b
• Jump to previous beinning of word (before whitespace)
  B
• Jump to beginning of the line.
  0
• Jump to end of the line.
  $
• Jump to next paragraph
  }
• Jump to previous paragraph
  {

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Scrolling screen

• Move to current cursor position.
  z
• Move forward a full screen.
  ctr + f
  f : forward
• Move backward a full screen.
  ctr + b
  b : backward
• Move forward half a screen.
  ctr + d
  d : down
• Move backward half a screen.
  ctr + u
  u : up

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Find, Search

• Find a word under cursor.
  *
• Find a character after cursor in the line
  f

• Serach string.
  /<string>

  • e.g
    /baby : baby will be searched
    /tiger : tiger will be searched

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Copy, Paste

• Copy.
  y
  y : yank
• Copy the line.
  yy
• Copy the current word.
  yiw
• Copy to the end of the line.
  y$ : Copy from current cursor to the end of the line.
• Paste copied.
  p : Paste after the cursor.
  P : Paste before the cursor.

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Add new lines.

• Add new line before cursor.
  o
• Add new line after cursor. O

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Indentation

• Auto indentatation.
  ==
• Indent.
  >
• Outdent.
  <

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Save, quite File

Save and quite in command mode.

• Save it
  :w : write
• Quit
  :q : quite
• Force Quit
  :q!
  Quit w/o saving changes.
• Save and Quite
  :wq
  Save and quite file.

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