-- INSERT -- at the bottom of the screen).
When you are done editing the text, you can press Esc key to return to console mode state.i |insert text, before the cursor, until the user press <esc> a |insert text, after the cursor, until the user press <esc> I |insert text, at the beginning of the current line, until the user press <esc> A |insert text, at the end of the current line, until the user press <esc> o |insert a new line below the current line, insert text, until the user press <esc> O |insert a new line above the current line, insert text, until the user press <esc>
r
|replace the character under cursor with another character
R
|replace many characters, starting with the character under cursor, until the user press <esc>
cw
|replace the word, starting with the character under cursor, until the user press <esc>
c{n}w
|replace {n} words, starting with the character under cursor, until the user press <esc> (c3w: replace 3 words)
C
|replace the remainder of the line, starting with the character under cursor, until the user press <esc>
cc
|replace the current line, until the user press <esc>
{n}cc
c{n}c
|replace {n} lines, starting with the current line, until the user press <esc>
x
|delete the character under cursor
{n}x
|delete {n} characters, starting with character under cursor (3x: delete 3 characters)
dw
|delete the word, starting with the character under cursor
d{n}w
|delete {n} words, starting with the character under cursor (d3w: delete 3 words)
D
|delete the remainder of the line, starting with the character under cursor
dd
|delete the current line
{n}dd
d{n}d
|delete {n} lines, starting with the current line (3dd: delete 3 lines)
yy
|copy the current line to the clipboard
{n}yy
y{n}y
|copy {n} lines, including the current line, to the clipboard (3yy: copy 3 lines)
p
|insert text from the clipboard after the current line
u |undo last modification
/{pattern}
|Search forward in the file for the occurrence of the string (/foo: search for the string "foo")
?{pattern}
|Search backward in the file for the occurrence of the string
n
|Search forward in the file for the next occurrence of the string
N
|Search backward in the file for the previous occurrence of the string
j
<return>
<down arrow>
|move the cursor down one line
k
<up arrow>
|move the cursor up one line
h
<delete>
<left arrow>
|move the cursor one character to the left
l
<space>
<right arrow>
|move the cursor one character to the right
0
|move the cursor to the beginning of the current line
$
|move the cursor to the end of the current line
w
|move the cursor forward to the beginning of the next word
b
|move the cursor backward to the beginning of the preceding word
:0 <return>
1G
|move the cursor to the first line
:n <return>
{n}G
|move the cursor to the {n} line
:$ <return>
G
|move the cursor to the first line
<control>f |move down one screen <control>b |move up one screen <control>d |move down one half screen <control>u |move up one half screen <control>l |redraw the screen <control>r |redraw the screen, removing deleted lines
:.= <return> |show the current line number at the bottom of the screen := <return> |show the total number of lines at the bottom of the screen <control>g |show detailed information (current line number, total number of lines, ...) at the bottom of the screen |example: "file1" [Modified] line 4 of 11 --36%-- col 5
:r <return>
|read the current file and insert its content after current line
:r {filename} <return>
|read the file "filename" and insert its content after current line
:w <return>
|save the current file
:w {filename} <return>
|save the contents to the file "filename"
|It will complain if the file "filename" already exists: "File exists (add ! to override)"
:w! {filename} <return>
|force saving the contents to the file "filename", even if the file already exists
:{n},{m}w {filename} <return>
|save to the file "filename" the contents of the lines numbered {n} through {m}
|It will complain if the file "filename" already exists: "File exists (add ! to override)"
:{n},{m}w! <return>
|save to the current file the contents of the lines numbered {n} through {m}
:{n},{m}w! {filename} <return>
|save to the file "filename" the contents of the lines numbered {n} through {m}
:x <return> :wq <return> |exit vim + saving modified file :q <return> |exit vim (will complain if the file has been changed: "No write since last change (add ! to override)") :q! <return> |exit vim + discarding all modifications