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Increment next number in vim
$ CTRL + A ( in normal mode ) View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by Zulu Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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Run bash on top of a vi session (saved or not saved), run multiple commands,...
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Open all files with a regular expression in vim
$ vim $(grep [REGULAR_EXPRESSION] -R * | cut -d":" -f1 | uniq) View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by eduardostalinho Diff your entire server config at...
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Open (in vim) all modified files in a git repository
$ vim `git status | grep modified | awk '{print $3}'` This oneliner gets all the 'modified' files in your git repository, and opens all of them in vim. Very handy when you're starting to work in the...
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Open (in vim) all modified files in a git repository
$ vim `git status --porcelain | sed -ne 's/^ M //p'` The option --porcelain makes the output of git easier to parse. This one-liner may not work if there is a space in the modified file name. View this...
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Grep inside Vim and navigate results
$ :vimgrep pattern % Will search for the given pattern and build a list of occurrences. Then you can use :copen and :cclose to toggle the list. When browsing the list, ENTER will take you to that line...
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Paste what you previously wrote in INSERT MODE
$ . (in NORMAL MODE) Paste what you previously wrote in INSERT MODE, for example: 1. Write 'foo' in INSERT MODE 2. Return to NORMAL MODE 3. Press "." and it will paste 'foo' View this command to...
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edit hex mode in vim
$ :%!xxd return to normal mode from hex mode :%!xxd -r View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by b1067606 Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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vim multiple files at one time, split vertically.
$ vim -O file1 file2 View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by kyle Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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vi a remote file with port
$ vim sftp://[user@]host.domain.tld:[port]/[path/][file] vim can open ssh/sftp and ftp connections for file editing using 'netrw'. If no path or file is provided vim opens the directory as a filelist....
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Open (in vim) all modified files in a git repository
$ vim -p `git --porcelain | awk {print $2}` Opens all files in the index (modified plus not added yet) in tabs in vim. View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by...
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Go to a specified line in a file
$ vim +143 filename.txt View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by techie Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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Open a file using vim in read only (like less)
$ vim -R /etc/passwd View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by techie Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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Open a file using vim in read only (like less)
$ view /file/name View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by mc0e Diff your entire server config at ScriptRock.com
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Load your [git-controlled] working files into the vi arglist.
$ vim $(git diff origin/master --name-only) Branch name may be substituted, of course. View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by sodapopcan Diff your entire server...
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Delete all empty lines from a file with vim
$ ggqqqqq/^$dd@qq@q Here's the other way of doing it in vim: setting a recursive macro. 'gg' brings you to the top of the buffer, 'qqq' clears the 'q' macro, 'qq' starts recording a macro called 'q',...
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Delete all empty lines from a file with vim
$ :v/./d If you need to delete lines that may contain space characters (such as tabs or spaces) as well as empty ones, try: :v/\S/d Just an alternative. View this command to comment, vote or add to...
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Include a remote file (in vim)
$ :r scp://yourhost//your/file Like vim scp://yourhost//your/file but in vim cmds. View this command to comment, vote or add to favourites View all commands by Zulu Diff your entire server config at...
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vim - save document with privileges from vim
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vi show line numbers
$ :set number Prints line numbers making it easier to see long lines that wrap in your terminal and extra line breaks at the end of a file. :set nu works too. View this command to comment, vote or add...
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