vim commands Flashcards
(138 cards)
1
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:e filename
A
Open filename for edition
2
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:w
A
Save file
3
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:q
A
Exit Vim
4
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:q!
A
Quit without saving
5
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:x
A
Write file (if changes has been made) and exit
6
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:sav
A
filename Saves file as filename
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.
A
Repeats the last change made in normal mode
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5.
A
Repeats 5 times the last change made in normal mode
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k or Up Arrow
A
move the cursor up one line
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j or Down Arrow
A
move the cursor down one line
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e
A
move the cursor to the end of the word
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b
A
move the cursor to the beginning of the word
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0
A
move the cursor to the beginning of the line
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G
A
move the cursor to the end of the file
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gg
A
move the cursor to the beginning of the file
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L
A
move the cursor to the bottom of the screen
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:59
A
move cursor to line 59. Replace 59 by the desired line number.
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20|
A
move cursor to column 20.
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%
A
Move cursor to matching parenthesis
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[[
A
Jump to function start
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[{
A
Jump to block start
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y
A
Copy the selected text to clipboard
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p
A
Paste clipboard contents
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dd
A
Cut current line
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yy
Copy current line
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y$
Copy to end of line
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D
Cut to end of line
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/word
Search word from top to bottom
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?word
Search word from bottom to top
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*
Search the word under cursor
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/\cstring
Search STRING or string - case insensitive
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/jo[ha]n
Search john or joan
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/\< the
Search the or theater or then
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/the\>
Search the or breathe
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/\< the\>
Search the
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/\< ¦.\>
Search all words of 4 letters
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/\/
Search fred but not alfred or frederick
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/fred\|joe
Search fred or joe
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/\
Search exactly 4 digits
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/^\n\{3}
Find 3 empty lines
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:bufdo /searchstr/
Search in all open files
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bufdo %s/something/somethingelse/g
Search something in all the open buffers and replace it with somethingelse
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:%s/old/new/g
Replace all occurrences of old by new in file
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:%s/onward/forward/gi
Replace onward by forward - case insensitive
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:%s/old/new/gc
Replace all occurrences with confirmation
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:%s/^/hello/g
Replace the beginning of each line by hello
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:%s/$/Harry/g
Replace the end of each line by Harry
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:%s/onward/forward/gi
Replace onward by forward - case insensitive
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:%s/ *$//g
Delete all white spaces
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:g/string/d
Delete all lines containing string
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:v/string/d
Delete all lines containing which didn’t contain string
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:s/Bill/Steve/
Replace the first occurrence of Bill by Steve in current line
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:s/Bill/Steve/g
Replace Bill by Steve in current line
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:%s/Bill/Steve/g
Replace Bill by Steve in all the file
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:%s/^M//g
Delete DOS carriage returns (^M)
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:%s/\r/\r/g
Transform DOS carriage returns in returns
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:%s#]\+>##g
Delete HTML tags but keeps text
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:%s/^\(.*\)\n\1$/\1/
Delete lines which appears twice
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Ctrl+a
Increment number under the cursor
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Ctrl+x
Decrement number under cursor
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ggVGg?
Change text to Rot13
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Vu
Lowercase line
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VU
Uppercase line
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g~~
Invert case
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vEU
Switch word to uppercase
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vE~
Modify word case
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ggguG
Set all text to lowercase
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gggUG
Set all text to uppercase
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:set ignorecase
Ignore case in searches
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:set smartcase
Ignore case in searches excepted if an uppercase letter is used
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:%s/\<./\u&/g
Sets first letter of each word to uppercase
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:%s/\<./\l&/g
Sets first letter of each word to lowercase
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:%s/.*/\u&
Sets first letter of each line to uppercase
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:%s/.*/\l&
Sets first letter of each line to lowercase
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:r infile
Insert the content of infile
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:23r infile
Insert the content of infile under line 23
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:e .
Open integrated file explorer
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:Sex
Split window and open integrated file explorer
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:Sex!
Same as :Sex but split window vertically
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:browse e
Graphical file explorer
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:ls
List buffers
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:cd ..
Move to parent directory
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:args
List files
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:args *.php
Open file list with extension .php
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:grep expression *.php
Returns a list of .php files containing expression
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gf
Open file name under cursor
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:!pwd
Execute the pwd unix command then returns to Vi
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!!pwd
Execute the pwd unix command and insert output in file
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:sh
Temporary returns to Unix
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$exit
Returns to Vi
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%!fmt
Align all lines
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!}fmt
Align all lines at the current position
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5!!fmt
Align the next 5 lines
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:tabnew
Creates a new tab
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gt
Show next tab
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:tabfirst
Show first tab
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:tablast
Show last tab
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:tabm n(position)
Rearrange tabs
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:tabdo %s/foo/bar/g
Execute a command in all tabs
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:tab ball
Puts all open files in tabs
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:new abc.txt
Edit abc.txt in new window
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:e filename
Edit filename in current window
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:split filename
Split the window and open filename
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ctrl-w up arrow
Puts cursor in top window
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ctrl-w ctrl-w
Puts cursor in next window
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ctrl-w_
Maximize current window vertically
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ctrl-w|
Maximize current window horizontally
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ctrl-w=
Gives the same size to all windows
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10 ctrl-w+
Add 10 lines to current window
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:vsplit file
Split window vertically
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:sview file
Same as :split in readonly mode
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:hide
Close current window
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:nly
Close all windows - excepting current
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:b 2
Open #2 in this window
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Ctrl+n Ctrl+p (in insert mode)
Complete word
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Ctrl+x Ctrl+l
Complete line
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:set dictionary=dict
Define dict as a dictionary
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Ctrl+x Ctrl+k
Complete with dictionary
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m {a-z}
Marks current position as {a-z}
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' {a-z}
Move to position {a-z}
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''
Move to previous position
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:ab mail mail@provider.org
Define mail as abbreviation of mail@provider.org
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:set autoindent
Turn on auto-indent
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:set smartindent
Turn on intelligent auto-indent
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:set shiftwidth=4
Defines 4 spaces as indent size
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ctrl-t
Indent in insert mode
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ctrl-d
Un-indent in insert mode
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>>
Indent
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<<
Un-indent
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=%
Indent the code between parenthesis
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1GVG=
Indent the whole file
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:syntax on
Turn on syntax highlighting
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:syntax off
Turn off syntax highlighting
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:set syntax=perl
Force syntax highlighting
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:1,10 w outfile
Saves lines 1 to 10 in outfile
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:1,10 w >> outfile
Appends lines 1 to 10 to outfile
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:2,35s/old/new/g
Replace all occurrences between lines 2 and 35
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:5,$s/old/new/g
Replace all occurrences from line 5 to EOF
