[VIM 101] VIM Cookbook with helpfuls Vim common commands #index #book #vim #help #cookbook #comment #replay #macro

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VIM 101 - VIM Cookbook - Helpful commands

• Replace all contiguous spaces with a ; s/ \{2,}/ /g

• Vim replay macro until end of buffer VG:normal @x

• Consecutive SED :%s#eth0#ens3#g|%s#eth1#ens4#g|%s#eth2#ens5#g

• Comment lines containing a word :%s/\(.*string\)/# \1/c

• Activate mouse mode :set mouse=a

• Insert range of lines from other file into current :put =readfile('/path/to/foo/foo.c')[146:226]

• Search and replace all matches in text :%s#oldtext#newtext#g

• Run a command inside vim :!command <mycommand>

• Disable unwanted yellow highlight :nohl

• Jump to line n°30 :30

• To start recording session q <letter>

• To stop recording session q

• To replay recording session @ <letter>

• Delete all lines matching a pattern :g/profile/d

• Remove duplicates :sort u

• Save to a new file and work on it :sav

• Next and Prec matching words CTRL+N CTRL+P

• Add words at end of each line selected with Visual Block mode CTRL+V :s/$/TEXT-HERE/g

• Delete ^M character in file :e ++ff=dos

• Delete last char of each line :%s#.\{1}$##

• Delete first char of each line :startNumber,endNumber normal x

• Replace in selection SHIFT+V then :s#blue#red#g

• Sort by block of lines :g/Host/,/ForwardAgent\ yes/s/\n/§ :%sort :g/Host/s/§/\r

• Copy/paste block of lines in a new file :<n>,<m> w new file n and m are lines numbers

• Delete all blank spaces :g/^ /norm dw

• Write file with sudo (opened with unprivilegied user) :w !sudo tee %

• Paste mode set paste

• Replace space with newline :%s# #(Ctrl + V then ENTER)#g

• Add quotes in front and at end of each selected lines :%s/^\(.*\)$/"\1"/

• Replace newlines with space :%s#\n# #g

• Select all text ggVg

http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Making_a_list_of_numbers