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alias to close terminal with :q
$ alias ':q'='exit' Put this in your ~/.bashrc file (or the equivalent) If you use vim a lot, this alias will be immediately obvious. Your brain will thank you. View this command to comment, vote or...
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Make vim open in tabs by default (save to .profile)
$ alias vim="vim -p" I always add this to my .profile rc so I can do things like: "vim *.c" and the files are opened in tabs. View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands...
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the same as [Esc] in vim
$ Ctrl + [ Faster and more convinent than [Esc] View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by light13 Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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open two files side by side in vim (one window, two panes)
$ vim -O file1 file2 View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by bossNova Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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diff current vi buffer edits against original file
$ :w !diff -u % - View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by jclulow Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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view hex mode in vim
$ :%!xxd View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by light13 Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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Emptying a text file in one shot
$ :%d % = buffer d = delete View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by Vilemirth Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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VIM: Replace a string with an incrementing number between marks 'a and 'b...
$ :let i=0 | 'a,'bg/ZZZZ/s/ZZZZ/\=i/ | let i=i+1 View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by res0nat0r Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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add the result of a command into vi
$ !!command in command mode, navigate your cursor to the line where you want the command output to appear, and hit "!!". No need to enter edit mode or even type a ":" (colon). View this command to...
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Delete DOS Characters via VIM (^M)
$ :set ff=unix And in case you want to migrate back to, err.. MS-DOS: ":set ff=dos" does the opposite. View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by Matejunkie Diff your...
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Read the output of a command into the buffer in vim
$ :r !command This will append the output of "command" to whatever file you're currently editing in vim. Who else has good vim tricks? :) View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View...
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Colored SVN diff
$ svn diff <file> | vim -R - Simple way to achieve a colored SVN diff View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by caiosba Diff your entire server config at...
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Delete all empty lines from a file with vim
$ :g!/\S/d This command delete all the empty lines (include the lines with space) from a file. g = global command \S = non-whitespace character; !\S the opposite d = delete a range View this command to...
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Quickly share code or text from vim to others.
$ :w !curl -F "sprunge=<-" http://sprunge.us | xclip Sprunge.us is a code/text sharing site like pastebin, but it is easy to post stuff from the command line. How it works: :w !command In vim, w...
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Colored diff ( via vim ) on 2 remotes files on your local computer.
$ vimdiff scp://root@server-foo.com//etc/snmp/snmpd.conf scp://root@server-bar.com//etc/snmp/snmpd.conf You can use vim scp://root@example.com//file too in a simple case. View this command to comment,...
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Pipe STDOUT to vim
$ tail -1000 /some/file | vim - The hyphen tells vim to open from STDOUT - saves having to create temporary files. View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by root Diff...
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VI config to save files with +x when a shebang is found on line 1
$ au BufWritePost * if getline(1) =~ "^#!" | if getline(1) =~ "/bin/" | silent !chmod +x <afile> | endif | endif Add this to .vimrc to automatically give scripts with a shebang (e.g.,...
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Delete all empty lines from a file with vim
$ :g/^$/d View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by acumon Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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Makes you look busy
$ alias busy='my_file=$(find /usr/include -type f | sort -R | head -n 1); my_len=$(wc -l $my_file | awk "{print $1}"); let "r = $RANDOM % $my_len" 2>/dev/null; vim +$r $my_file' This makes an alias...
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use vim to get colorful diff output
$ svn diff | view - :q to quit View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by freestyler Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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Opens vi/vim at pattern in file
$ vi +/pattern [file] Open up vi or vim at the first instance of a pattern in [file]. Useful if you know where you want to be, like "PermitRootLogin" in sshd_config. Also, vi +10 [file] will open up a...
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Save your sessions in vim to resume later
$ :mksession! <filename> Creates a full snapshot of your current vim session, including tabs, open buffers, cursor positions, everything. Can be resumed with vim -S . Useful for those times when...
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Save a file you edited in vim without the needed permissions (no echo)
$ :w !sudo tee > /dev/null % Write a file you edited in Vim but that you do not have the permissions to write to (unless you use sudo.) Same as #1204 but without the echo to stdout that I find...
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Bring the word under the cursor on the :ex line in Vim
$ :<C-R><C-W> Very handy to bring the word currently under the cursor into a :s command in Vim. Example: If the cursor was on the word "eggs": :s/ ==> :s/eggs View this command to...
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Add Password Protection to a file your editing in vim.
$ vim -x <FILENAME> While I love gpg and truecrypt there's some times when you just want to edit a file and not worry about keys or having to deal needing extra software on hand. Thus, you can...
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