Sneh ChauhanIntroduction
If you ever installed Linux in your life, I'm sure you might have come across Vim.
Vim is a command-line based text editor. It's a great tool but I won't say that it's the best text editor in Linux as it would lead to a never-ending debate.
Vim is actually an improved version of the old vi editor. It comes with many new features including multi-level undo, multiple window support, visual mode and command-line completion.
If you're using it for the first time, you may have hard time trying to exit Vim.
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What? Don't you believe me?
Here's the proof :
Stack Overflow@stackoverflow
Stack Overflow launched in 2008, demonstrating what’s possible with the internet: an open community that gives people knowledge at their fingertips.
Since then, over 1.8M people have visited us just to learn how to exit Vim. #Web30 #ForTheWeb
stackoverflow.com/questions/1182…02:00 AM - 13 Mar 2019
In this blog, I'll list down 15 shortcuts that will save you a lot of time while working with vim.
| Shortcut key | Function |
|---|---|
| w | To move forward by one word(you need to be in normal mode). |
| b | To move backward by one word(you need to be in normal mode). |
| gg | To move to the beginning of the file. |
| G | To move to the end of the file(last line). |
| dw | To delete the word, cursor is positioned upon. |
| dd | To delete the line, cursor is positioned upon. |
| d2d | To delete 2 lines, starting from the line, the cursor is upon.You can replace '2' by any number and delete any number of lines. |
| u | To undo the last operation performed. |
| Ctrl+r | To redo the last operation performed. |
| /sample_text | To search for the 'sample_text' in the file. Use n to move to next occurrence and N to move to the previous occurrence of the text(in Command mode). |
| :%s/old/new/g |
Replaces all the occurrences of the old text with new text(in Command mode). |
| :q! | To quit the file discarding all the changes made to the file(in Command mode). |
| :wq | To save the file and quit(in Command mode). |
| :w sample_filename | To save the file with filename 'sample_filename'(in Command mode). |
| :q | To quit Vim. It fails when changes has been made to file(in Command mode). |
That's all for the blog. I hope you had good time reading the blog!😃
