Vim Text Editor Basics - How to Use Vim on Linux / Ubuntu (Beginners Guide)

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The Beginner's Guide
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The Beginner's Guide (2015)
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Duration: 13:25
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Learn how to use Vim Text Editor Basics on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Linux). Learn the basics including navigate, edit, save, and exit a file using Vim. This Vim Text Editor Basics Tutorial is intended for beginners learning about Vim. Vim Text Editor Basics - How to Use Vim is a great place to start learning commands for Linux.

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Useful Commands from Video:

vim /path/to/file - opens up a current file
vim somefilename - this creates a new file called somefilename

j k h l / arrow keys - to navigate through the file using vim
i - lets you insert text wherever the cursor currently is
o - creates a new line under where your cursor and allows to insert text
:q! - quits out and disregards all changes to the file
:x - saves and exits out of a file
:/sometext - vim will try to find sometext inside the file
n - will go to the next occurance of sometext
N - will go to the previous occurance of sometext
:5 - this will go to line 5 in the file
dd - will delete the current line where cursor is located
5dd - will delete 5 lines after and including the line where the cursor is
u - this will undo the last change made
shift+g - takes you to the bottom of a file
gg - will take you to the top of a file

0:00 - Vim instead of Vi
1:19 - Opening our First File
1:55 - Navigating a File
2:40 - Inserting Text
4:00 - Undo Changes
4:50 - Quit out of Vim
6:15 - Save Changes to File
7:10 - Create a New File
8:05 - Find Specific Line
9:00 - Search for Specific Text
10:40 - Delete Lines
12:20 - Copy/Paste
13:00 - Bonus Help!

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