vim
Vim (Vi IMproved), a command-line text editor, provides several modes for different kinds of text manipulation. Pressingi
in normal mode enters insert mode. Pressing<Esc>
goes back to normal mode, which enables the use of Vim commands. See alsovimdiff
,vimtutor
,nvim
. More information: https://www.vim.org.
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Open a file:
vim {{path/to/file}}
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Open a file at a specified line number:
vim +{{line_number}} {{path/to/file}}
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View Vim's help manual:
:help<Enter>
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Save and quit the current buffer:
:wq<Enter>
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Enter normal mode and undo the last operation:
<ESC>u
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Search for a pattern in the file (press
n
/N
to go to next/previous match):
/{{search_pattern}}<Enter>
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Perform a regular expression substitution in the whole file:
:%s/{{regular_expression}}/{{replacement}}/g<Enter>
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Display the line numbers:
:set nu<Enter>
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