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title : VIM basics |
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author: zvevqx |
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published: 2025-11-22 |
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cat: linux |
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desc: ws |
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👾 MOST OF THIS PAGE IS DIRECT OUTPUT OF CHATGPT 3.5 |
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# Vim Editor |
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Vim is a powerful and popular text editor that runs in the command-line interface. It is known for its efficient and customizable editing features that allow users to edit text with speed and precision. |
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# Main Vim Operations |
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| Operation | Shortcut | Description | |
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| **Navigation** | | | |
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| Move left | `h` | Move the cursor left. | |
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| Move down | `j` | Move the cursor down. | |
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| Move up | `k` | Move the cursor up. | |
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| Move right | `l` | Move the cursor right. | |
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| Move forward one word | `w` | Move forward one word. | |
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| Move backward one word | `b` | Move backward one word. | |
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| Move to end of line | `$` | Move to the end of the current line. | |
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| Move to beginning | `0` | Move to the beginning of the current line. | |
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| Move to end of file | `G` | Move to the end of the file. | |
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| Move to beginning of file | `gg` | Move to the beginning of the file. | |
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| Move to specific line | `<line_number>G` | Move to a specific line number. | |
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| Move to matching bracket| `%` | Move to the matching parenthesis, bracket, or brace.| |
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| Move to paragraph start | `{` | Move to the beginning of the current paragraph. | |
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| Move to paragraph end | `}` | Move to the end of the current paragraph. | |
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| Move half a page up | `Ctrl+u` | Move half a page up. | |
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| Move half a page down | `Ctrl+d` | Move half a page down. | |
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| **Editing** | | | |
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| Insert before cursor | `i` | Insert text before the cursor. | |
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| Insert at line start | `I` | Insert text at the beginning of the current line. | |
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| Append after cursor | `a` | Append text after the cursor. | |
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| Append at line end | `A` | Append text at the end of the current line. | |
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| Open line below cursor | `o` | Open a new line below the current line and enter insert mode. | |
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| Open line above cursor | `O` | Open a new line above the current line and enter insert mode. | |
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| Delete character | `x` | Delete the character under the cursor. | |
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| Delete current line | `dd` | Delete the current line. | |
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| Yank (copy) current line| `yy` | Yank (copy) the current line. | |
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| Paste after cursor | `p` | Paste the yanked text after the cursor. | |
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| Paste before cursor | `P` | Paste the yanked text before the cursor. | |
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| Undo | `u` | Undo the last change. | |
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| Redo | `Ctrl+r` | Redo the last change. | |
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| **Search and Replace** | | | |
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| Search forward | `/search_term` | Search forward for "search_term." | |
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| Search backward | `?search_term` | Search backward for "search_term." | |
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| Move to next search result | `n` | Move to the next search result. | |
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| Move to previous search result | `N` | Move to the previous search result. | |
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| Replace on current line | `:s/search_term/replacement`| Replace "search_term" with "replacement" on the current line. | |
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| Global replace | `:%s/search_term/replacement/g` | Replace "search_term" with "replacement" globally in the file. | |
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| Turn off search highlighting | `:noh` | Turn off search result highlighting. | |
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| **Saving and Quitting** | | | |
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| Save | `:w` | Save the current file. | |
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| Save as | `:w filename` | Save the current file as "filename." | |
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| Quit | `:q` | Quit Vim. | |
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| Quit without saving | `:q!` | Quit Vim without saving changes. | |
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| Save and quit | `:wq` | Save changes and quit Vim. | |
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| **Visual Mode** | | | |
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| Enter visual mode | `v` | Enter visual mode to select text. | |
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| Enter visual line mode | `V` | Enter visual line mode to select lines. | |
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| Enter visual block mode | `Ctrl+v` | Enter visual block mode to select rectangular blocks of text. | |
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## some more advance mouvments |
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# Page and Line Movement Shortcuts in Vim |
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Vim provides a rich set of keyboard shortcuts for efficient page and line movement within a text document. Below is a table of these shortcuts: |
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| **Page Movement** | | |
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| Page down | `Ctrl+f` or `Space` | |
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| Page up | `Ctrl+b` or `Ctrl+u` | |
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| Half a page down | `Ctrl+d` | |
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| Half a page up | `Ctrl+u` | |
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| Go to next page | `Ctrl+d` or `Ctrl+f` | |
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| Go to previous page | `Ctrl+u` or `Ctrl+b` | |
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| **Line Movement** | | |
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| Move to beginning of line | `0` or `^` | |
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| Move to end of line | `$` | |
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| Move to next line | `j` or `↓` | |
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| Move to previous line | `k` or `↑` | |
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| Move down by `n` lines | `n` + `j` or `n` + `↓` | |
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| Move up by `n` lines | `n` + `k` or `n` + `↑` | |
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| Move to specific line | `:<line_number>` or `G` + `g` + `:<line_number>` | |
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| **Scrolling** | | |
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| Scroll the screen up | `Ctrl+y` | |
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| Scroll the screen down | `Ctrl+e` | |
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| Center the screen | `Ctrl+l` | |
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| Move to the top | `H` | |
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| Move to the middle | `M` | |
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| Move to the bottom | `L` | |
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| **Jumping** | | |
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| Jump to beginning of file | `gg` | |
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| Jump to end of file | `G` | |
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| Jump to line in the middle | `M` + `G` | |
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| Jump to last edit | `'` + `.` | |
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