Warnaud's Wiki - software:cli:vim

add

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 20:09:45 +0000

* Add a string (comment for example) at the beginning of several lines: * Use Ctrl+V to select the first column of text in the lines you want to comment. (using up/down arrows to highlight the portion needed) * Then hit Shift+i and type the text you want to insert.

copy

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 20:09:45 +0000

Vim commands for copying * Extract lines from line n to line m to a new file : n,m w newfile * Next

mouse

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:05:27 +0000

Mouse is captured and switches mode in VIM to “Visual” ? :set mouse=

save

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 20:09:45 +0000

* Save without root permission :w !sudo tee % Reference:

searchreplace

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 20:09:46 +0000

* Change occurrence of a word by another from the line to the end of the file :.,$s/word/another/g * add a character at the beginning of lines :13,37s/^/%/ here on line 13 to 37 we add '%' at the beginning * Reference: Search and replace

start

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 20:09:47 +0000

Here is some nice Vim commands I use and abused sorted in category * References * Copy * Save * Search And replace * Add

vimdiff

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 05:44:12 +0000

Compare 2 files using vim