vim — Vim (Vi IMproved), a command-line text editor, provides several modes for different kinds of text ma

How to use the vim command: Vim (Vi IMproved), a command-line text editor, provides several modes for different kinds of text manipulation. Pressing <i> in normal mode enters insert mode. Pressing <Esc> goes back to normal mode, which enables the use of Vim commands. See also: vimdiff, vimtutor, nvim, gvim. More information: <https://www.vim.org/>.

vim — Vim (Vi IMproved), a command-line text editor, provides several modes for different kinds of text manipulation. Pressing <i> in normal mode enters insert mode. Pressing <Esc> goes back to normal mode, which enables the use of Vim commands. See also: vimdiff, vimtutor, nvim, gvim. More information: <https://www.vim.org/>.

Open a file:

vim {{path/to/file}}

Open a file at a specified line number:

vim +{{line_number}} {{path/to/file}}

View Vim's help manual:

<:>help<Enter>

Save and quit the current buffer:

{{<Esc><Z><Z>|<Esc><:>x<Enter>|<Esc><:>wq<Enter>}}

Enter normal mode and undo the last operation:

<Esc><u>

Search for a pattern in the file (press <n>/<N> to go to next/previous match):

</>{{search_pattern}}<Enter>

Perform a regex substitution in the whole file:

<:>%s/{{regex}}/{{replacement}}/g<Enter>

Display the line numbers:

<:>set nu<Enter>

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