wiki-js/Linux/vim.md

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title	description	published	date	tags	editor	dateCreated
Vim		true	2025-10-11T16:49:48.279Z		markdown	2025-10-11T16:38:44.398Z

Vim

Insert

Command	Description
i	Insert before cursor
I	Insert at start of line
a	Insert after cursor
A	Insert at end of line
o	New line below
O	New line above
<Esc>	Back to Normal mode

Navigation

Command	Description
h / l	Move left / right
j / k	Move down / up
w / b	Next / previous word
0 / $	Start / end of line
gg / G	Start / end of file
Ctrl+d / Ctrl+u	Half-page down / up
Ctrl+f / Ctrl+b	Full-page down / up
:n	Go to line n

Edit

Command	Description
x	Delete character
dd	Delete (cut) line
yy	Yank (copy) line
p	Paste below
P	Paste above
u	Undo
Ctrl+r	Redo
.	Repeat last change
"+y	Copy to system clipboard
"+p	Paste from system clipboard

Search and Replace

Command	Description
/pattern	Search forward
?pattern	Search backward
n / N	Next / previous result
:%s/old/new/g	Replace all in file

Indent, Format, Repeat

Command	Description
>> / <<	Indent / unindent line
=	Auto-indent selection
J	Join line below
.	Repeat last command
:set number	Show line numbers
:noh	Clear search highlight
:s/old/new/g	Replace all in current line
:%s/old/new/gc	Confirm each replacement

Visual Mode

Command	Description
v	Start character selection
V	Line selection
Ctrl+v	Block selection
y	Yank (copy)
d	Delete
p	Paste over selection

VS Code Integrations

Action	Shortcut
Open command palette	:action ShowCommands or Ctrl+Shift+P
Open file	Ctrl+P
Toggle terminal	`Ctrl+``
Split editor	:vsplit or Ctrl+\
Switch editor group	Ctrl+w w
Save	:w or Ctrl+s
Quit	:q
Save & Quit	:wq