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76 Shortcuts For Vim (Linux)

This document provides a summary of 76 shortcuts for the Vim text editor in Linux. It groups the shortcuts into categories such as cursor movement, visual commands, cutting and pasting, editing, search/replace, working with multiple files, and making text selections in visual mode. Some examples of shortcuts included are h to move left, j to move down, w to jump by word, y to yank (copy) text, :wq to write and quit, /pattern to search for a pattern, and v to start visual mode.

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76 Shortcuts For Vim (Linux)

This document provides a summary of 76 shortcuts for the Vim text editor in Linux. It groups the shortcuts into categories such as cursor movement, visual commands, cutting and pasting, editing, search/replace, working with multiple files, and making text selections in visual mode. Some examples of shortcuts included are h to move left, j to move down, w to jump by word, y to yank (copy) text, :wq to write and quit, /pattern to search for a pattern, and v to start visual mode.

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76 Shortcuts for Vim (Linux)

Cursor Movement Visual commands


h Move left > Shift right
j Move down <sc><</sc> Shift left
k Move up y yank (copy)marked text
l Move right d Delete marked text
w Jump by start of words ~ Switch case
W Jump by words
e Jump to end of words Cut and Paste

E Jump to end of words (no punctuation) yy Yank (copy) a line

b Jump backward by words (punctuation considered 2yy Yank 2 lines


words) yw Yank word
B Jump backward by words (no punctuation) y$ Yank to end of line
0 Start of line p Put (paste) the clipboard after cursor
^ First non-blank character of line P Put (paste) before cursor
$ End of line dd Delete (cut) a line
G Go To command (prefix with number) dw Delete (cut) the current word
i Start insert mode at cursor x Delete (cut) current character
I Insert at the beginning of the line
a Append after the cursor Exiting
A Append at the end of the line :w Write (save) the file, but don't exit
o Open (append) blank line below current line (no :wq Write (save) and quit
need to press return) :q Quit (fails if anything has changed)
O Open blank line above current line :q! Quit and throw away changes
ea Append at end word
Esc Exit insert mode Search/Replace
/pattern Search for pattern
Editing
?patten Search backward for pattern
r Replace a single character (does not use insert mode) n Repeat search in same direction
J Join line below to the current one N Repeat search in opposite direction
cc Change (replace) an entire line :%s/old/new/g Replace all old with new throughout file
cw Change (replace) to the end of word :%s/old/new/gc Replace all old with new throughout file with
c$ Change (replace) to the end of line confirmations
s Delete character at cursor and subsitute text
Working with multiple files
S Delete line at cursor and substitute text (same as cc)
xp Transpose two letters (delete and paste, technically) :e filename Edit a file in a new buffer

u Undo :bnext Go to next buffer

. Repeat last command :bprev Go to previous buffer


:bd Delete a buffer (close a file)
Making text (Visual mode) :sp filename Open a file in a new buffer and split window
v Start visual mode, mark lines, then do command Ctrl+ws Split windows
(such as y-yank) Ctrl+ww Switch between windows
V Start Linewise visual mode Ctrl+wq Quit a window
o Move to other end of marked area Ctrl+wv Split windows vertically
Ctrl+v Start visual block mode
O Move to other corner of block
aw Mark a word
ab A () block (with braces)
aB A {} block (with brackets)
ib Inner () block
iB Inner {} block
Esc Exit visual mode

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