基础且常用的Vim命令(Basic but useful Vim commands)

Cut & Paste

1. dw: delete word until the start of the second word.
   d2w: delete until the start of the third word
2. d$: delete till the end of the sentence.
   • w: start of next word
   • e: end of current word
   • $: end of current sentence
3. u: undo one action
   U: undo all the actions token on the line
4. y: copy the selected texts.
5. p: if you use dd to delete one sentence, the whole sentence is memorized, so dd performs like cut operation.
   Then you can press p to paste that sentence under the cursor.

Search & Replace

1. r: replace the current letter once.
   R: continue replace letter.
2. ce: delete all the letters from the cursor till the end of the word, and into edit mode.
3. Ctrl+G: show the current line number.
4. : xx: search xx in the document.
5. %: match the corresponding bracket, like (, {, [.
6. s/old/new/g: replace all the old in the current line with new.
   %s/old/new/g: replace all the old in the whole document with new.
7. Ctrl+o: jump back the the previous place.

Execute outer commands inside Vim

1. !command: execute outer command, like !ls can list all the files in current folder.
2. w new_file: save the current file as new_file in the current folder.
3. v: select some text. After selected some text using v command, type :, then type w filename, can save the selected text into filename in current folder.
4. r filename: import text from filename into current line.

Get help info

1. help xx: get help information about xx command. The will open a new vim windows.
2. Ctrl+w: change between different vim window.
3. Ctrl+D: list all possible command.
4. Tab: complete the code