Vim commands I use / find helpful while learning

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Vim for Me

• Set cwd to current directory:

  :cd %:p:h

• Set args to all the files in cwd

  :args **/*

• Delete all pattern matches in file

  :g/MATCH BEGIN/ .,/MATCH END/d

• Delete pattern match in many files and save all changed Make sure your :args are set to the correct files (check this with just :args )

  :argdo g/MATCH BEGIN/ .,/MATCH END/d | update

• Vsplit multiple files at once

  vim -O <file1> <file2> <file3> <etc...>

• Find & replace all instances of whole word in file

  :% s/\<WORD TO FIND\>/NEW WORD/g

Different Ways To Save and Quit

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:wq
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