Command Line + Vim
February 10, 2021
This week we brushed up on command line knowledge. I’ve used the command line a fair bit so after I went through the assigned reading I took a look into Vim… something I’ve wanted to learn for sometime!
I made a little cheatsheet here.
esc - exit insert mode
i - enter insert mode
:q - quit
:wq - save & quit
:q! - quit without saving
V - Visual Mode
Navigation
can append a number before many of these commands to specify an amount. e.g. 10j will go down 10 lines.
h & l - left & right
j & k - up & down
G - end of page
gg - start of page
{ & } - down & up by a block of code
Editing
dd - delete line (copies to clipboard)
u - undo
ctrl + r - redo
yy - copy line
p - paste below
P - paste above
Seems very useful will continue to learn more in the future!
Written by David Currie, a current student at NYU ITP. Follow me on Twitter