Updated: April 23rd, 2008
[WORK IN PROGRESS] Here is a list of commands that I use every day with vim, in no particular order. Out of a billion possible key combinations, I found these to be irreplaceable and simple enough to remember.
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* |
search for the word under cursor (to the end of the file) |
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# |
search for the word under cursor (to the top of the file) |
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ctrl-p,ctrl-n |
suggest (p)revious or (n)ext autocomplete from the list of existing keywords in the file or included files (!). |
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:go NNN |
go to byte NNN |
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. |
redo last command |
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/SEARCH TERM |
search document for SEARCH TERM |
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:%s/FOO/BAR/gci |
replace FOO with BAR (g)lobally, case (i)insensitively, and asking for (c)onfirmation |
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n (N) |
next (previous) search result |
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% |
find and jump to a matching brace or parenthesis |
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u |
undo |
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ctrl-r |
redo |
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r CHAR |
replace character under curson with CHAR |
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i |
start editing before current character |
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I |
start editing in the beginning of current line |
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a |
start editing after current character |
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A |
start editing at the end of current line |
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o |
start editing on the next line |
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O |
start editing on the previous line |
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:wq or ZZ |
write file and exit |
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ctrl-v |
visual block select (rectangular) |
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shift-v |
visual line select |
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ctrl(or shift)-v y or d |
copy or delete selected text |
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yy |
yank (copy) current line |
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yNNN arrow up/down |
yank NNN lines above or below |
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p |
paste the yanked buffer |
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cw |
change word (delete word under cursor and go into edit mode) |
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cNw |
change N words |
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e! |
reload the file (revert) |
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Nice sheet, I wrote a few of these down for myself. You're missing some good ones though:
When in visual select mode:
x to "cut" instead of Yank
> to "tab" the visual block
< to "untab" the visual block
D to delete characters on the line after the cursor
dd to delete the line
(N)dd to delete N number of lines (10dd to delete 10 lines)
G to end of file
:q! exit without saving
Thanks, Ikai. Yeah, this sheet is a work in progress, it's definitely not finished. I'm using this post as a scratchpad and will be adding more useful commands as time permits.
very cool !!!
I didn't realize anyone used VI any more except those of us developing Unix code.
Good Stuff !!!!
Oh yeah, most definitely. I love vim, and it gets more and more natural and easy to use every day.