Linux Notes - text editor Vim

Vim common operations

Brief introduction

• Vim is a powerful full-screen text editor, is on Linux / Unix the most common text editor. Its role is to create, edit, display text files
• Vim is no menu, only the command
• Three modes: command mode, insert mode, Edit mode
• vi filename command mode
• Enter Command Mode iao into insert mode; Insert mode ESC to return to command mode
• Enter command mode to end run
• Wq to save and exit command mode input

Insert command

• a is inserted after the character at the cursor
• A row inserted into the end of the cursor
• i inserted before the character cursor
• I first inserted at the cursor trekking
• o new line is inserted at the cursor
• O insert a new row on the cursor

Positioning command

• : Set nu set the line number
• : Set nonu cancel the line number
• gg to the first row
• G to the last line
• nG to n-th row
• : N the n-th row
• $ Move to end of line
• 0 to start of line

Delete command

• x delete the character at the cursor location
• After nx Delete n characters at the cursor
• dd Delete cursor line, ndd delete rows n
• dG Delete cursor line to the end of the file content
• D delete the content at the end of the line the cursor
• : N1, n2d delete the specified range of row

Cut and Copy command yy-p

• yy Copy current line
• Copy the following nyy current line n lines
• the current line dd
• ndd the current line n line hereinafter
• The p, P pasted in the current cursor line or row

Replace and cancel the command

• r character at the cursor substituted
• R starts replacing characters from the cursor position by the end of the ESC
• u cancel the last action

Search Search and Replace command

• / String specified search string, ignore case when searching: set ic
• n search string specified next occurrence
• :% S / old / new / g specify the replacement text string
• : N1, n2s / old / new / g replace the specified character string within a predetermined range
• g without asking; C interrogate operation

Save and Exit command

• : W Save Changes
• : W new_filename save as specified file
• : Wq to save changes and exit
• ZZ shortcut keys, save the changes and exit
• :! Q quit without saving changes
• :! Wq to save changes and exit (file owner and root can be used)

Vim tips

R + import file path

Import command execution result r! Command

Defined shortcuts map shortcuts trigger command

Continuous line comments

• : 1, 4s / ^ / # / g 1-4 first line of continuous trekking add a comment

Replace ab want to replace the contents of the replacement content