Toolbox: Vim

Prompts and answers

• How do we enter "INSERT" mode?
  i
• How do we start entering text into our new Vim document?
  typing
• How do we return to command mode?
  esc
• How do we move the cursor left?
  h
• How do we move the cursor right?
  l
• How do we move the cursor up?
  k
• How do we move the cursor down?
  j
• How do we jump to the start of a word?
  w
• How do we jump to the end of a word?
  e
• How do we insert (before the cursor)
  i
• How do we insert (at the beginning of the line?)
  I
• How do we append (after the cursor)
  a
• How do we append (at the end of the line)
  A
• How do we make a new line under the current line?
  o
• How do we write the file, but don't exit?
  :w
• How do we write the file, but don't exit- as root?
  :w !sudo tee %
• How do we write and quit?
  :wq
• How do we quit?
  :q
• How do we force quit?
  :q!
• How do we save and quit, for all active tabs?
  :wqa
• How do we copy a line?
  yy
• how do we copy 2 lines?
  2yy
• How do we copy to the end of the line?
  y$
• How do we paste the clipboard contents after the cursor?
  p
• How do we paste the clipboard contents before the cursor?
  P
• How do we cut a line?
  dd
• How do we cut two lines?
  2dd
• How do we cut to the end of the line?
  D
• How do we cut a character?
  x
• How do we search forwards for a pattern (use "pattern" for your answer)
  /pattern
• How do we search backwards for a pattern (use "pattern" for your answer)
  ?pattern
• How do we repeat this search in the same direction?
  n
• How do we repeat this search in the opposite direction?
  N
• How do we search for "old" and replace it with "new"
  :%s/old/new/g
• How do we use "grep" to search for a pattern in multiple files?
  :vimgrep