Operations Maintenance

Vim Tips

Compiled the most commonly used Vim shortcuts and techniques in Linux system administration, including cursor movement, text editing, and split-screen operations, essential skills.

vim Common Commands

Cursor Movement

h or Backspace: Move left by one character
l or Space: Move right by one character
j: Move down by one line
k: Move up by one line
gj: Move to the next line within a paragraph
gk: Move to the previous line within a paragraph
+ or Enter: Move to the first non-blank character of the next line
-: Move to the first non-blank character of the previous line
w: Move forward by one word, stopping at the start of the next word
W: Move forward by one word (ignoring some punctuation)
e: Move forward by one word, stopping at the end of the next word
E: Move forward by one word, stopping at punctuation (if any)
b: Move backward by one word, stopping at the start of the previous word
B: Move backward by one word (ignoring some punctuation)
(: Move forward by 1 sentence
): Move backward by 1 sentence
{: Move forward by 1 paragraph
}: Move backward by 1 paragraph
gg: Move to the beginning of the file
G: Move to the end of the file
$: Move to the end of the line
0: Move to the beginning of the line

Scrolling

Ctrl + f: Scroll down one screen
Ctrl + b: Scroll up one screen
Ctrl + d: Scroll down half a screen
Ctrl + u: Scroll up half a screen
Ctrl + e: Scroll down one line
Ctrl + y: Scroll up one line
n%: Go to n% of the file
zz: Move the current line to the center of the screen
zt: Move the current line to the top of the screen
zb: Move the current line to the bottom of the screen

Insertion

I: Insert at the first non-blank character of the current line
gI: Insert at the first column of the current line
a: Insert after the cursor
A: Insert at the end of the current line
o: Insert a new line below and move to it
O: Insert a new line above and move to it
:r filename: Insert the contents of another file at the current position
:[n]r filename: Insert the contents of another file at line n

Cutting and Copying

[n]x: Cut n characters to the right of the cursor (equivalent to d[n]l)
[n]X: Cut n characters to the left of the cursor (equivalent to d[n]h)
y: Copy the text in visual mode
yy or Y: Copy the entire line
y[n]w: Copy n words
y[n]l: Copy n characters to the right of the cursor
y[n]h: Copy n characters to the left of the cursor
y$: Copy from the cursor to the end of the line
y0: Copy from the cursor to the beginning of the line
:m,ny: Copy lines m to n
y1G or ygg: Copy all lines above the cursor
yG: Copy all lines below the cursor
d: Delete (cut) the text in visual mode
d$ or D: Delete to the end of the line
d[n]w: Delete n words
d[n]l: Delete n characters to the right of the cursor
d[n]h: Delete n characters to the left of the cursor
d0: Delete to the beginning of the line
p: Paste after the cursor
P: Paste before the cursor

Searching and Replacing

/something: Search for “something” forward
?something: Search for “something” backward
n: Search for the next occurrence
N: Search for the previous occurrence
s/old/new: Replace the first occurrence of “old” in the current line
s/old/new/g: Replace all occurrences of “old” in the current line
%s/old/new/g: Replace all occurrences of “old” in the entire file

Tips

:set paste: Solve the problem of formatting errors when pasting