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Vim

Vim Notes

  • Scroll in terminal - ctrl + B + left bracket with tmux to enter copy mode , ctrl + C to stop
  • Scroll pages with CTRL +D and CTRL + U
  • k run -h | less will pipe the text into the less text reader where you use vim keybinds - :q to quit
  • / for search in vim
  • n for next search result
  • shift + N for previous search result
  • DD to delete a line
  • o - create new line below current line
  • A - insert at the end of the line
  • shift + V goes into visual mode so you can copy
  • y - yank or copy
  • p - paste
  • u - undo
  • dgg - deletes everything above the cursor
  • pasting yaml into vim - in regular mode :set paste > insert mode > ctrl v = properly formatted yaml
  • r means replace
  • :%s/test/frontend/g - replaces the word test with frontend (find and replace)