Vim

• 1. Match all occurrences of the word under the cursor

*

• 2. Replace a word with another word

:%s/word/newword/gc

g: global , c: confirm

• 3. Visually select a word i / a (inside / outside)

viw ( Selects only the word itself )
vaw ( Selects the word plus surrounding whitespace )
vi( ( Visual texts inside () )
ci" ( change around double "" )
va( ( Visual () )
va" ( Visual "" )

• 4. Show all registers

:reg

• 5. Paste from a specific register

"<reg number>p

• 6. Yank (copy) the current line to the system clipboard ( + : clipboard system register)

"+yy

• 7. Yank the current file name to the system clipboard

:let @+=@% , then go to any file and ctrl+v

assigns the contents of the % register (current file name) to the + register (system clipboard).

• 8. Copy the absolute path of the current file

:let @+ = expand('%:p')

• 9. Record and play a macro

q<any character><action>q
@h

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• 10. :normal Mode

When you select lines in Visual mode and press :
:'<,'>

:'<,'>normal <keys><text>

Keys:
I : go to start of lines and enter Insert mode
A : go to end of lines and append a new text

hello
world
goodbye

:'<,'>normal Ivar + space

var hello
var world
var goodbye

hello
world
goodbye

:'<,'>normal A ;

hello ;
world ;
goodbye ;

• 11. Number

Ctrl-a : increment number
Ctrl-x : decrement number
value = 2

list.get(0);
list.get(0);
list.get(0);
list.get(0);
list.get(0);
list.get(0);

select all lines + g + Ctrl-a

list.get(1);
list.get(2);
list.get(3);
list.get(4);
list.get(5);
list.get(6);

• 12. Switching Selection

select lines + o
select lines + O

• 13. w / W letters, digits, or underscores / whitespace characters

Lis:st.get(0) hello world

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