Using VIM

Question 1

What vim command will substitute all occurances of an old value with a new one?

Answer 1

:%s/old/new/g

Question 2

What does the :%s/old/new/g command do?

Answer 2

The command will substitute all occurances of an old value with a new one.

Question 3

What vim command will go to the top of the document?

Answer 3

gg

Question 4

What does the gg command do?

Answer 4

The gg command will go to the top of the document.

Question 5

What vim command will go to the end of the document?

Answer 5

G

Question 6

What does the G command do?

Answer 6

The G command will go to the end of the document.

Question 7

How do you search forward through a document?

Answer 7

/string
Followed by n

Question 8

How do you search backwards through a document?

Answer 8

?string

Question 9

How do you modify a file in vim?

Answer 9

The i and a commands enter input mode
* i - insert
* a - append

Question 10

What happens when i or a is pressed in command mode?

Answer 10

vim will enter input mode

Question 11

What vim command is used to delete the current line?

Answer 11

dd

Question 12

What is the dd command used for?

Answer 12

The dd command is used to delete the current line.

Question 13

What vim command is used to copy (yank) the current line?

Answer 13

yy

Question 14

What is the yy command used for?

Answer 14

The yy command is used to copy (yank) the current line.

Question 15

What vim command is used to past the test currently in the buffer?

Answer 15

p

Question 16

What does the p command do?

Answer 16

The p command is used to past the test currently in the buffer.

Question 17

What vim command is used to undo the last operation?

Answer 17

u

Question 18

What does the u command do?

Answer 18

The u command is used to undo the last operation

Question 19

What vim command is used to redo the last undone operation?

Answer 19

Ctrl+r

Question 20

What does the Ctrl+r combination do?

Answer 20

The Ctrl+r command is used to redo the last undone operation.

Question 21

What is the set number command used for?

Answer 21

The set number command displays each row number.
A shortened version is se nu.

set nonumber removes the numbering (se nonu)

Question 22

What shell command provides information about vim usage?

The command is executed in the shell session and not in vim.

Answer 22

vimtutor