Vim Editor

Vim Keyboard Shortcuts

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1. Cursor Movement

These keys move the cursor:

h → Move Left

l → Move Right

j → Move Down

k → Move Up

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1. Jump Particular Line

Ctrl + j → Jump down

Ctrl + k → Jump up

Ctrl + l → Last line of the particular page

w -> to jump between words

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1. Go to Start / End of File

Shift + g → Go to end of file

gg → Go to top of file

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1. Select a Particular Line

Shift + v → Select the entire line (Visual Line Mode)

ctrl + v → Visual block mode

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1. Copy Selected Line

Shift + v + y → Copy (Yank) the selected line

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1. Paste

p → Paste the copied line

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1. Paragraph Movement

g+j → Goes to next line in the same Paragraph

g+k → Goes to previous line in the same Paragraph

g+$ → Move to the end of the visual line

g+0 → move to the start of the visual line

g+q → to divide the paragraph into no of lines

g+U → to get the selected value in uppercase

g+u → to get the selected value in lowercase

g+f → it opens the particular file stated on the selected line

ctrl + ^ → to get back on the previous file

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