Text Editors
See also: Shell
Vim
vim (Command)
Vi IMproved (Vim) is an text with advanced features based on the original Vi.
Package: vim
Usage |
Explanation |
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-M |
open a file in immutable (read-only) mode |
-x |
encrypt a file |
-d |
compare and edit two files in diff mode |
vim (Interactive)
Usage |
Explanation |
Example |
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:q! |
quit without saving changes |
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:wq |
save and quit |
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:x |
save and quit |
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ZZ |
save and quit |
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:set number |
show line numbers |
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:set nu |
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:set nonumber |
turn off line numbers |
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:set nonu |
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:<NUMBER> |
go to the specified line number |
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:split |
split vim into two horizontal screens |
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:vsplit |
split vim into two vertical screens |
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:vsplit <FILE> |
split vim into two vertical screens and open a different file in the new screen |
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CTRL + w + ARROW_KEY |
move to that specified vim screen |
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:recover |
reload the edited file from an old ‘.swp’ file (from a VIM crash) |
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:prev |
open up the last file that was opened by VIM |
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:so % |
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:source % |
install a Vim plugin |
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:set nowrap |
disable text wrapping |
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:set list |
show space and tab characters |
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:set no list |
do not show space and tab characters |
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:changes |
show changes in the current file |
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y |
move cursor to the front of the line |
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d |
cut line |
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p |
paste after the cursor |
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u |
undo |
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CTRL+r |
redo (un-undo) |
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. |
redo previous command again |
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/ |
search for a certain string |
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n |
search for the next result |
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N (Shift+n) |
show the previous search result |
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:shell, :sh |
opens up a new shell session |
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:ab |
this sets an abbreviation; when used it will transform into the setence you specify after the keyword |
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di |
deletes until everything on the line until it reaches the delimiter |
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dd |
delete the current line |
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:%Tohtml |
turns the text file into a fully usable HTML file |
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gg |
go to first line of the file |
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G |
go to the last line of the file |
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s/find/replace/g |
a sed-like find and replace for the current line only |
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%s/find/replace/g |
a sed-like find and replace for the entire file |
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CTRL+v |
visual line select mode; select columns and rows |
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V (SHIFT + v) |
select multiple lines |
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> (Shift + .) |
tab selected text |
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^ |
move cursor to the start of the line |
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$ |
move cursor to the end of the line |
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gt |
switch between screens |
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SHIFT+UP |
scroll the page up |
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SHIFT+DOWN |
scroll the page down |
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SHIFT+U |
set all selected characters to be upper case |
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CTRL+O (CTRL + SHIFT + o) |
jump back to the previous place you were on |
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:noh, :nohlsearch |
clear the last search result highlights |
Example |
Explanation |
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:ab hello Hello, how are you? |
set “hello” as an alias |
di. |
delete all text on a line until it reaches a period |