lab_5

Vim basics

Navigation

• h, j, k, l — equivalent to arrows
• Shift + G — jump to the end of file (you can also use 100%)
• gg — jump to the start of the file
• 5G — go to line 5
• $ — move to the end of the line.
• 0 — move to the beginning of the line.
• w — move forward to the beginning of a word.
• b — move backward to the beginning of a word.
• $ — move to the end of the line.
• 0 — move to the beginning of the line. zz — center cursor on screen Ctrl + b — move back one full screen Ctrl + f — move forward one full screen

Insert

i — insert before the cursor I — insert at the beginning of the line a — append after the cursor A — append at the end of the line o — append (open) a new line below the current line O — append (open) a new line above the current line ea — insert (append) at the end of the word Esc — exit insert mode

Editing

r — replace a single character cc — change (replace) entire line cw — change (replace) to the end of the word yy — yank (copy) a line dd — delete (cut) a line dw — delete (cut) the characters of the word from the cursor position to the start of the next word p — put (paste) the clipboard after cursor P — put (paste) before cursor u — undo . — repeat last command

Searching

/pattern — search for pattern n — repeat search in same direction N — repeat search in opposite direction :%s/old/new/g — replace all old with new throughout file

Exiting

:w — write (save) the file, but don't exit :wq — write the file regardless if there were any changes (so it always updates timestamp) and exit :x — write the file only if there were changes and exit :q — quit (fails if there are unsaved changes) :q! — force-quit