Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to make creating and changing any kind of text very efficient. It is an improved fork of vi.
sudo apt install vim [ Debian/Ubuntu ]
sudo yum install vim [ RedHat/CentOS ]
sudo pacman -S vim [ Arch/Manjaro ]
sudo dnf install vim [ Fedora ]
sudo zypper install vim [ OpenSUSE ]
| :q | Exit |
| :q! / ZQ | Forceful exit |
| :wq / :x / ZZ | Save and exit |
| :qa | Exit all |
| :w | Save |
| Esc / Ctrl + [ | Enter command mode |
| . | Repeat last command |
| u | Undo |
| Ctrl + r | Redo |
| :n / nG | Jump to $n^{th}$ line |
| j | Move cursor down |
| k | Move cursor up |
| h | Move cursor left |
| l | Move cursor right |
| H | Move to top of screen |
| M | Move to middle of sreen |
| L | Move to end of screen |
| zz | Move to center of the screen |
| zt | Scroll current line to top of the page |
| zb | Scroll current line to bottom of the page |
| G | Jump to end of the file |
| gg | Jump to top of the file |
| g_ | Jump to the last non-blank line of the file |
| 0 | Jump to the start of the line |
| ^ | Jump to the first non-blank character of the line |
| $ | Jump to the end of the line |
| % | Jump to matching parenthesis |
| w | Jump to beginning of the next word |
| e | Jump to end of the current word |
| w | Jump to beginning of the current word |
| i | Insert before the cursor |
| a | Insert after the cursor |
| I | Insert at the beginning of the line |
| A | Insert at the end of the line |
| o | Insert new line below |
| O | Insert new line above |
| r | Replace single character |
| R | Enter replace mode |
| bi | Insert at the beginning of the word |
| ea | Insert at the end of the word |
| ~ | Toggle case of the current character |
| g~iw | Toggle case of the current word |
| g~$ | Toggle case of all characters to end of line |
| g~~ | Toggle case of the current line |
| y | Copy(yank) selected text |
| yy / Y | Copy current line |
| Y$ | Copy from cursor till end of the end |
| yw | Copy from cursor till the next word |
| y + i or a + w | Copy word under the cursor excluding/including whitespaces |
| y + t or f + # | Copy from cursor till # (excluding/including #) |
| y + { or } | Copy till next/previous block |
| p | Paste after cursor |
| P | Paste before the cursor |
| gp | Paste after the cursor and move to next block |
| x | Delete(cut) single character |
| d | Delete(cut) mark text |
| D | Delete(cut) from cursor till the end of the line |
| dd | Delete(cut) current line |
| dw | Delete(cut) from cursor till the next word |
| d + i or a + w | Delete(cut) word under the cursor excluding/including whitespaces |
| d + t or f + # | Delete(cut) from cursor till # (excluding/including #) |
| d + { or } | Delete(cut) till next/previous block |
| c | Delete(cut) mark text in insert mode |
| C | Delete(cut) from cursor till the end of the line in insert mode |
| cc | Delete(cut) current line in insert mode |
| cw | Delete(cut) from cursor till the next word in insert mode |
| c + i or a + w | Delete(cut) word under the cursor excluding/including whitespaces in insert mode |
| c + t or f + # | Delete(cut) from cursor till # (excluding/including #) in insert mode |
| c + { or } | Delete(cut) till next/previous block in insert mode |
| * | Next instance of the word under cursor |
| # | Previous instance of the word under cursor |
| n | Next matching search pattern |
| N | Previous matching search pattern |
| q | Start recording macro |
| q | Stop recording marcro |
| @ | Run recorded macro |
| @@ | Rerun last macro |
| :tabe | Open file in a new tab |
| :tabp | Go to previous tab |
| :tabn | Go to next tab |
| :tabs | List all the tabs |
| :tabfirst | Go to the fist tab |
| :tablast | Go to the last tab |
| :tabclose | Close current tab |
To install vim plugins, I prefer vim-plug.
curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim
iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim |`
ni $HOME/vimfiles/autoload/plug.vim -Force
Then append the following section to your .vimrc file.
call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
Plug 'user/repo'
OR
Plug 'git URL'
call plug#end()
| Command | Usage |
|---|---|
| :PlugInstall | Installs a plugin |
| :PlugUninstall | Uninstalls a plugin |
| :PlugUpdate | Updates all the plugins |
| :PlugUpgrade | Updates vim-plug |