Vim Commands

Thursday. February 20, 2020 - 1 min

Commands

command	function
vim -O [filename1] [filename2]	open file1 & file2 simultaneously and split horizontally
vim -o [filename1] [fliename2]	open file 1 & file 2 simultaneously and split vertically
:s/old/new	replace old string with new string for the first case in the line
:s/old/new/g	replace old string with new string for every case in the line
:%s/old/new/g	replace old string with new string for every case in the file

Shortcuts

key	function
u	undo
ctrl+r	redo

Multi-line Operations

Block Insert

1. Ctrl+v: select multiple lines

2. I (capital i): insert mode

3. insert the words

4. Esc: after several seconds, the words are inserted to all selected lines

Block Delete

1. Ctrl+v: select contents in multiple lines (with j, i, k and l)

2. d: delete the selected contents

Kaixin Yang

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