Vim Cheat Sheet

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最近用上了 WSL，巨硬居然在 Win 上允许使用 Linux了
修改文件不可避免似乎就要学会 Vim 啊，后来才知道自带 nano

Motion

h, l: move left and right

j, k: move down and up

w: next beginning of word

e, ge: current, last end of word

b, B: previous beginning of word and WORD

0, ^: to the beginning of line

$: to the end of line

gg, G: beginning, end of file

nG: line n; :set nu to turn on line num

f<char>, F<char>: search forward, backward

Edit

cw: Change current word that the cursor’s at

cc: delete the whole line and enter INSERT mode

C: delete till the end of line, enter INSERT mode

r<char>: Replace cursor with <char>

R: replace successively, with each<char> typed; Esc to exit

un Undo for n times

U undo all changes in current line

Ctrl + r: redo

>>, <<: tab in NORMAL mode

:set shiftwidth?

:ce center the line

:ri, :le: to the right, left

/, ?: search next, last

n, N: next, last result

Insert

i, a: insert at and append cursor position

I, A: insert at the beginning and the end of current line

o, O: Open a new line after and before current line, and enter INSERT mode

Copy, Paste, and Cut

yy: Yank(copy) whole line

yw, ynw: copy one word, n words

y^, y0: copy till the beginning of line, current cursor not included

y$: copy till the end, char where the cursor’s at included

yG, y1G: copy till end, beginning of file

p: (lowercase) paste on next line

P: (uppercase) paste last line

dd: cut

ddp: swap this and next line

Delete

x: Delete char under cursor

X: delete char before cursor

dd: delete the entire line

dw: delete word after cursor; w + dw

D: delete till the end of line

d^: delete till the beginning

d1G, dG: delete till the beginning and end of file

Repeat

.: repeat last command (under NORMAL mode)

N<command>: e.g. 2dd, 10x

dnw: delete a word n times

Exit

:q: quit

:wq, :x: save and exit

:wq!: force to save and quit

:w, :saveas

Shift + zz: under NORMAL mode, save and exit