vim cheat sheet

SOURCES:
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/vimcheat.html

File saving
:w filename Save changes to a file. If you don't specify a file name, Vim saves as the file name you were editing. For saving the file under a different name, specify the file name.
:wq Write the file and exit.


Navigating
0 To the beginning of a line.
$ To the end of a line.
b To the beginning of a word.

Deleting
dd or :d Delete the current line.



Copy Paste
y (V) Yank the highlighted text. In Winblows terms, "copy the selected text to clipboard."
d (V) Delete the highlighted text. In Winblows terms, "cut the selected text to clipboard."
yy or :y or Y Yank the current line. You don't need to highlight it first.
u Undo the last action
Ctrl + r Redo

Find

Find and replace
:%s/foo/bar/g Replace every occurrence of the word foo with bar in the whole file.
Searching for help

:help

:help .*open\&.*window ---

:help HelpForItem



vim , press Esc, press w to save the file ,q to quit

Working with files

:bn -- switch to the next file buffer

:bp -- switch to the previous file buffer

:ls -- list the opened file buffers

:buffer 17 --- go to the file with number 17 listed in the previous command

gf -- open the file under the cursor in Normal mode

:bd --- close the current file buffer

:e /var/tmp.txt open new buffer (and window ) with the /var/tmp.txt file

:new /path/to/the/file/to/open in

set winheight=90 (also could be added to /etc/vimrc

vim *.pl --- open all Perl scripts in the current directory

:cnext :bn -- go to the next buffer

:ls list all the buffers

:bn 3 -- go the nubmer of the buffer listed from the previous command

to Quit VIM :q

to delete the line in the executable mode – dd

:split /usr/share/some.file --- opens a new file in a new window

:e /usr/share --- opens a directory (in a new buffer , no windows to mess around )

:w filename Save changes to a file. If you don't specify a file name, Vim saves as the file name you were editing. For saving the file under a different name, specify the file name.

:wq Write the file and exit.

:q! exit without saving (the hyphen meaning is the same for all commands )




Navigating

/itemToSearchInTheText --- works without the colon also

j , k , l ,h

gg --- go the begining of the document

G -- go the end of the document

Home End Ctrl + Home Ctrl + End , Ctrl + vasen nuoli Ctrl + oikea nuoli Ctrl + G

495G --- go to row number 495

'' ---- (Press ' twice ) jump back to line (where you came from)

Ctrl + O --- Ctrl + I --- e - 0 To the beginning of a line.
$ To the end of a line.
b To the beginning of a word.
:/tokenToSearch n - N -
:?tokenToSearch n - Ctrl + o - Ctrl + i - N -

[](){} %

Deleting
dd or :d Delete the current line.
Copy Paste
y (V) Yank the highlighted text. In Winblows terms, "copy the selected text to clipboard."
d (V) Delete the highlighted text. In Winblows terms, "cut the selected text to clipboard."
yy or :y or Y Yank the current line. You don't need to highlight it first.
u Undo the last action
Ctrl + r Redo

Find and replace
:%s/foo/bar/g Replace every occurrence of the word foo with bar in the whole file.

:%s/^.*clear$\n//gi --- remove all the lines containing the string "clear"

where vim sets the settings of the "sessions"

vim /root/.viminfo

vim /home/sysadmin/.viminfo

vim /home/nortel/.viminfo

How to edit the colors of the current color scheme:

1. Check the name of your current color scheme located at: /root/.vimrc or /home/usrname/.vimrc (attention come kind of aliasing ... )

set colorsheme=dark

2. Edit the current colorsheme

/usr/share/vim/vim63/colors/darkblue.vim

/comments

3. Pick a HEX number for the color of the comments you would prefer to have .. #40FF00 (google color table )

Ctrl-R Ctrl-F Enters the file under the cursor into the editor in you commend line (command mode).

Ctrl-R Ctrl-A Enters the text from the editor in you commend line (command mode).

Mappings

the keyboard shortcuts performing user defined commands which could be saved at the /etc/vimrc

map :bn! ---- Ctrl + Tab for switching to the next buffer

map :bn! :bd # --- Ctrl + F4 - for closing the current buffer