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Vi commands to copy paste delete and all edit options

Vim offer several functionalities that improve your editing.

1. Copying a whole line

  yy or shift y or :ny

where n is the number of line if n is not specified then copy the current line

2. Copying from current position to end of line.

  y$

3. Copying 3 lines after the current position

  3yy

4. Copying a range of line

  :1,5y or :1y 5

The above example copy 5 lines, from 1 to 5

5. Deleting a whole line (Deleted line is copy to the registers)

  dd or :nd

Where n is the number of line if n is not specified then delete the current line

6. Deleting from current position to end of line (Deleted text is copied to the registers)

  d$ or shift d

7. Deleting a range of line

  :1,5d or :1d 5

The above example remove 5 lines, from 1 to 5 and copy them to a register

8. Put n times a text, previously copied, after the cursor

  np

9. Put n times a text, previously copied, before the cursor

  n Shift p

10. Word completion, works in insert mode

  Ctrl n search forward for next matching

  Ctrl p search backward for previous matching

11. Put vim in replace mode

  Shift r

12. Undo

  u

13. Redo

  Ctrl r

14. Repeating last change

  .

15. Getting help about a topic

  :help topic

Note: previous commands work in command mode except 10.

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