WTF *Nix

Part II of VIM’s Powerful Editor (MY IDE of choice) commands:

1. To delete from the cursor up to the next word type:    dw

2. To delete from the cursor to the end of a line type:    d$

3. To delete a whole line type:    dd

4. To repeat a motion prepend it with a number:   2w

5. The format for a change command is:
operator   [number]   motion
where:
operator – is what to do, such as  d  for delete
[number] – is an optional count to repeat the motion
motion   – moves over the text to operate on, such as  w (word),
$ (to the end of line), etc.

6. To move to the start of the line use a zero:  0

7. To undo previous actions, type:            u  (lowercase u)
To undo all the changes on a line, type:  U  (capital U)
To undo the undo’s, type:               CTRL-R

If you are looking to have a list of commands to keep handy, figured I would share these here with others that need a starting point with VIM:

1. The cursor is moved using either the arrow keys or the hjkl keys.
h (left)    j (down)       k (up)        l (right)

2. To start Vim from the shell prompt type:  vim FILENAME <ENTER>

3. To exit Vim type:       <ESC>   :q!     <ENTER>  to trash all changes.

OR type:   <ESC>   :wq     <ENTER>  to save the changes.

4. To delete the character at the cursor type:  x

5. To insert or append text type:

i   type inserted text   <ESC>        insert before the cursor
A   type appended text   <ESC>         append after the line

NOTE: Pressing <ESC> will place you in Normal mode or will cancel an unwanted and partially completed command.

Here is VIM’s Part II