Vim commands

vim_commands.txt

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Exit Commands
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:q Quit (a warning is printed if a modified file has not been saved)

:q! Quit (no warning)

:wq Write file to disk and quit the editor (a warning is printed if a modified other files)

:wq! Write file to disk and quit the edit (no warning)

ZZ Save workspace and quit the editor (same as :wq)


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Moving in the file
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#CURSOR

h left

k up

j down

l right

#WORD

e	end of the word

w next word

b begin of the word

#LINE

0	begin of the line

$ end of the line

:59	move cursor to line 59. Replace 59 by the desired line number.

20|	move cursor to column 20.

#FILE

G	move the cursor to the end of the file

gg	move the cursor to the begining of the file

#SCREEN

L	move the cursor to the bottom of the screen
%	Move to matching parenthesis

[[	Jump to function start
[{  Jump to block start

Ctrl-b page up
Ctrl-f page down
Ctrl-u 1/2 page up
Ctrl-d 1/2 page down

{ } moves to empty line