Linux Tutorials – VIM Editor
VIM is a command line editor for files in linux.We can open VIM by using vi or vim from the command prompt.
VI – Visual display editor
VIM – Visual display editor improved
In VIM editor there are 3 modes,
1 . Command Mode
2 . Insert Mode
3 . Extended Command Mode
By default Vi will open with Command mode only.In the command mode here is the simple letters to move the cursor position in a file.h/l/k/j are for cursor left/right/up/down.
Insert Mode
| i | To skip into insert mode |
| l | To Insert beginning of line |
| a | To Append to the next word of the letter |
| A | To Append the end of the line |
| o | Insert the new line at below of cursor position |
| O | Insert the new line at above of the cursor position |
Command Mode
| gg | To go begin of the page |
| G | TO go end of the page |
| w | To Move the cursor forward word by word |
| b | To Move the cursor backward word by word |
| nw | To Move cursor forward to n words ex: 3w |
| nb | To Move cursor backward to n words ex:3b |
| u | To undo last change |
| U | To Undo previous Changes |
| Ctrl+R | To redo the previous changes |
| yy | To copy entire line |
| nyy | To copy n lines ex: 4yy |
| p | TO paste the line below the cursor |
| P | To paste the line above the cursor |
| dw | To delete the word each letter by letter |
| x | To delete the word by word |
| dd | To delete the entire line |
| ndd | To delete the n number of lines from the cursor position |
| / | To search a particular word in a file |
Extended Mode (Or) Colon Mode
Each command need to execute using esc button with the combination of : in extended mode.
| ESC+:w | To save the changes in a file |
| ESC+:q | To quit from a file without save |
| ESC+:wq | To save and quit from a file |
| ESC+:w! | To save very forcefully |
| ESC+wq! | To save and quit from a file forcefully |
| ESC+:x | To save and quit |
| ESC+:X | To give the password to a file and remove the password |
| ESC+:10 | To go line number 10 place the number n |
| ESC+:se nu | To set the numbers to a file |
| ESC+:se nonu | To remove the lines numbers In a file |
To open multiple files in vim editor here is the simple command is
#vim -o file1 file2
To shuffle between the files use Ctrl+w
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