Vim - some helpful commands.

vim-commands.md

Vim commands

Delete large sections of text

Go to first line to be deleted and type ma (mark a) Go to last line to be deleted and type d'a (delete to mark a)

Select and copy all text to a new file

ggVG - go to first row, first column, enter visual mode then go to last row, last column y - yank :e some-copy.txt - create a new file called some-copy.txt p - paste from internal buffer