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Essential Vim Commands: Number 5

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5 Essential Vim Commands You Need to Know

CDO: Vim commands you NEED TO KNOW #5

If you’re new to using Vim or just looking to brush up on your skills, there are a few essential commands that you absolutely need to know. Here are five important Vim commands that will make your editing experience smooth and efficient.

1. :w

This command allows you to save your changes to the current file. Simply type :w and press Enter to save your work. You can also use :w filename to save the file with a new name.

2. :q

To quit Vim, use the :q command. If you have unsaved changes, you can use :q! to force quit without saving. Remember to save your work before quitting!

3. :wq

Combining the save and quit commands, :wq allows you to save your changes and exit Vim in one go. This is a quick and efficient way to close your file after making edits.

4. /search term

To search for a specific term in your file, use the / command followed by the term you want to search for. Press Enter to find the next occurrence of the term in your document.

5. :%s/search term/replacement term/g

If you want to replace all occurrences of a term in your file, use the :%s command. Simply type :%s/search term/replacement term/g and press Enter to replace all instances of the search term with the replacement term.

These five Vim commands are essential for efficiently navigating and editing your files. Practice using them regularly to become a master at Vim editing!

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@saulleal235
4 months ago

How do you learn that? Reading the documentation?

@PixyTech
4 months ago

Using jetbrains ide you just use refactor->rename and voila

@howesteve
4 months ago

Wtf is that thing that appeared under your ear among the shots?

@gabrielbeaudin3546
4 months ago

Ctrl-Q made my day. Thanks

@a-vd9fj
4 months ago

Bro has never heard of LSP refactor

@cody_codes_youtube
4 months ago

Thanks nerd

@hephestosthalays2700
4 months ago

The thing about vim is that you cant actually exit it.

@kyngcytro
4 months ago

Or you use spectra

@sunyfilip
4 months ago

Is there a way to do it like in visual studio?….In VS I can right click -> rename variable and it renames variable across whole project automatically and pretty safe because it is based on language symbol….is it possible to do it in vim by LSP???

@ThomasGHenry
4 months ago

Big if true!

@AlameenAdeyemi
4 months ago

How to open telescope?

@Gokuroro
4 months ago

Specifically for s//g this may have had the same behavior, but it is good to be careful to use the correct command depending on whether you need it too run once per item found (cdo) or once per file where an item was found (cfdo if I'm not mistaken).
Example: if you want to add an import clause at the start of the file for every file where there is an item in the quickfix list you could do `:cfdo norm ggOimport foo` (may need to escape the spacebar). If you use cdo in this case, files with multiple of term found would add multiple of the same import to the top of the file.

@trev-dev
4 months ago

`:vimgrep previous src/**/*.js` then `:cdo s/previous/next` no telescope required.

@DavisonIncorp
4 months ago

or you could highlight the variable and press F6 in jetbrains….

@Gektorometer
4 months ago

cmd+shift+r in jetbrains 😢

@Laggedskapari
4 months ago

When we getting livestreams ???

@dienvidbriedis1184
4 months ago

so, you found how to replace foo with bar in all files without using a mouse in vim. horayy, that will boost my productivity 10x!

@stanleyogadachinedu2736
4 months ago

Hey, thanks nerds 😆

@emptytextfield
4 months ago

lsp renaming would be better but this is cool, gna use it from now

@kreshnik8893
4 months ago

+1 sub! 🎉 🚀🙌