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Vim cheatsheet

Save Gaining root

If you forgot to sudo:

:w !sudo tee %

Disable selection by mouse (to copy)

:set mouse-=a

Multiselection & replace

Ctrl^V
select (hjkl)
c - delete and insert (d to delete, I to insert)
ESC or Ctrl^[

Useful shortcuts

Navigation:

w - jump to next word
b - jump to previous word
e - jump to the end of the current word
gg - go to first line
G - go to last line
0 - go to start of the line
$ - go to end of line
3w - jump 3 words

Deletion:

dd - delete line
dw - delete the word
x - delete single character
D - delete to end of line

Copy / Paste:

yy - copy line
p - paste below
P - paste above

Edit:

o - open a new line below
O - open a new line above
u - undo
Ctrl+r - redo

Search:

/, text, Enter - search forward
?, text, Enter - search backward
n - next occurence
N - previous occurence