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    (Vi)m Commands

By David Akin
Create and open a new file
vim file.txt
Vim Modes:

Vim has 3 main modes: NORMAL, INSERT and VISUAL.
The most you’ll be using are NORMAL and INSERT.
Key bindings

Switch to insert mode
Press the i key
Switch to normal mode
Press the esc key
Key combo

To switch to commands/combo mode i.e the : below the vim editor
Press the Ctrl+C key
Save
Type :w or ZZ
Save in root/admin mode
:w !sudo tee %
Save all opened buffer
wa
Save and quit
Type :wq
Exit w/o save
ZQ
Quit
Type :q
Force quit
Type :q!
Read another file data or system output into the buffer
:r file1.txt
:r !ls
:r !date

Navigation

h         left
l         right
j         down
k         up