10 Useful vim commands for coders

You need to be in command mode (pres Esc for that) to use these commands.

1. Add a new line

Press o (small) to add new line below cursor, or O (big) to add new line above cursor.

2. Comment multiple lines

1. Press Ctrl + v
2. Select lines with arrows keys
3. Press Shift + i
4. Input commenting symbol(s) (e.g. "//")
5. Press Esc

3. Delete line

Press dd to delete current line.

4. Delete word

Press dw to delete current word (cursor should be placed at the beginning of the word to delete).

5. Disable line wrap:

:set nowrap

6. Enable autoindent

:set smartindent

7. Go to the end of current line

Press $ to to the end of line.

8. Go to the end of file

:$

9. Go to specific line

E.g. to go to line number 51:

:51

10. Open file in a new tab

:tabnew <filename>

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