Vim Editor

Regex

• Hit 'Esc' [COMMAND Mode]

• Hit 'i' [INSERT mode]

• /word [Search-word] ; Hit Enter ;n -Move down search ; Shift +n - Move up search

  • eg: To replace all spaces with a comma(,) : :%s/\s\+/,/g

• w [Write]

• wq [Write and quit]

• q! [Quit without saving]

• Search and replace :%s/matchstring/replacewith/gc [g- Whole doc; c- Ask for each]

• Delete first 17 characters from every line: :1,$s/^.................//

• Delete the last character from every line: :%s/.\{1}$//

• Replace ' , ' with a new line. : :%s/,/\r/g

• Remove all lines that do not contain a string: :g!/price/d

• Remove all lines that contain a string: :g/MOBILE/d

• Delete lines dd [Delete single line] 5dd [Deletes 5 lines]

• Copy current line yy

• p -Paste

• u -Undo

• x -Delete character

• Ctrl+ r -Redo

• Number each line : :set number

• Merge 100 lines into one line: j100

• Sort : :sort

• Remove duplicates: sort u

• Append <text> at the start of each line : :%s!^!<insert text here>!

• Replace the first character in all lines to uppercase : :%s/^./\u&/g

• Remove trailing white-spaces from each line: :%s/\s\+$//e