#organize
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Useful commands
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Comment out a chunk of code:
Ctrl + V c #
Hotkeys
Exiting
CLI | Explanation
——–|————:
:q | Close file
:qa | Close all files
:w | Save
:wq / :x | Save and close file
ZZ | Save and quit
ZQ | Quit without
checking changes
Exiting insert mode
CLI | Explanation
——–|————:
Esc / <C-[> |Exit insert mode
<C-C> |Exit insert mode,
and abort current
command
Clipboard
CLI | Explanation
——–|————:
x | Delete character
dd | Delete line (Cut)
yy | Yank line (Copy)
p | Paste
P | Paste before
"*p / "+p | Paste from system clipboard
"*y / "+y | Paste to system clipboard
Find & Replace
CLI | Explanation
——–|————:
:%s/foo/bar/g | Replace foo with
bar in whole document
Navigating
CLI | Explanation
——–|————:
h j k l | Arrow keys
<C-U> / <C-D> | Half-page
up/down
<C-B> / <C-F> | Page
up/down
Words
CLI | Explanation
——–|————:
b / w | Previous/next word
ge / e | Previous/next end
of word
Line
CLI | Explanation
——–|————:
0 (zero) | Start of line
^ | Start of line (after whitespace)
$ | End of line
Character
CLI | Explanation
——–|————:
fc | Go forward to character c
Fc | Go backward to character c
Document
CLI | Explanation
——–|————:
gg | First line
G | Last line
:{number} | Go to line {number}
{number}G | Go to line {number}
{number}j | Go down {number} lines
{number}k | Go up {number} lines
Window
CLI | Explanation
——–|————:
zz | Center this line
zt | Top this line
zb | Bottom this line
H | Move to top
of screen
M | Move to middle
of screen
L | Move to bottom
of screen
Search
CLI | Explanation
——–|————:
n | Next matching
search pattern
N | Previous match
* | Next whole word
under cursor
# | Previous whole word
under cursor
Tab pages
CLI | Explanation
——–|————:
:tabedit [file] | Edit file in
a new tab
:tabfind [file] | Open file
if exists
in new tab
:tabclose | Close current tab
:tabs | List all tabs
:tabfirst | Go to first tab
:tablast | Go to last tab
:tabn | Go to next tab
:tabp | Go to previous tab
Editing
CLI | Explanation
——–|————:
a | Append
A | Append from end of line
i | Insert
o | Next line
O | Previous line
s | Delete char and insert
S | Delete line and insert
C | Delete until end of line and insert
r | Replace one character
R | Enter Replace mode
u | Undo changes
<C-R> | Redo changes
Visual mode
CLI | Explanation
——–|————:
v | Enter visual mode
V | Enter visual line mode
<C-V> | Enter visual block mode
In visual mode
CLI | Explanation
——–|————:
d / x | Delete selection
s | Replace selection
y | Yank selection (Copy)