VIM commands

From terminal, vim <filename> to open vim

• <:> start writing commands
  • <q> quit
  • <wq> write and quit
  • <q!> quite but don’t write
• <escape> leave edit mode

• <dd> delete a line
  • <3dd> delete three lines
• <escape><u> undo changes
• <ctrl-r> redo changes
• </ “searchterm”> moves cursor to first text of “searchterm”
  • <n> next text found of “searchterm”
  • <shift+n> previous text found of “searchterm”
• <%s/”pattern to replace”/”replacement term”/gc> search and replace “pattern to replace” with “replacement term”. “gc” adjusts this greedy confirm – it will change the first one and asks to confirm each change.
• <%s/”pattern to replace”/”replacement term”/g> same as above but will not ask for confirmation.