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Several years back, when I wrote lot of C code on Linux, I used to read all available Vim editor tips and tricks. So, naturally I’m a huge fan of Vi and Vim editors. In the following example, it will open the README file and jump to the last occurrence of the word “bug”. Vim +?patten filename: Go to the particular pattern’s line inside the file, first occurrence from last. In the following example, it will open the README file and jump to the first occurrence of the word “install”. Vim +/pattern filename: Go to the particular pattern’s line inside the file, first occurrence from first. Vim +N filename: Go to the Nth line of the file after opening it. % – Go to the matching braces, or parenthesis inside code.

# – Go to the previous occurrence of the current word under the cursor.

* – Go to the next occurrence of the current word under the cursor.

?i – Search for a pattern which will you take you to the previous occurrence of it.

/i – Search for a pattern which will you take you to the next occurrence of it.

again and again move to the next paragraph end, and again.

Word – word consists of a sequence of letters, digits and underscores.Įxample to show the difference between WORD and word WORD – WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white space. You may want to do several navigation in relation to the words, such as:

`^ – Go to the position where you were in INSERT MODE while last closing the file.When you enter the insert mode, you’ll see INSERT at the bottom of the editor/terminal screen. You press the ‘i’ key to enter the insert mode. Always remember, i stands for insert mode. `” – Go to the position where you were in NORMAL MODE while last closing the file. Once you know the Vim modes, let’s see some basic Vim commands for various purposes.N% – Go to the Nth percentage line of the file.You may want to do some special navigation inside a file, which are: ctrl+u – Jump back (up) one half screen.ctrl+d – Jump forward (down) a half screen.

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ctrl+b – Jump backwards one full screen.L – Go to the last line of current screen.M – Go to the middle line of current screen.H – Go to the first line of current screen.g_ – go to the last non blank character of the line.įollowing are the three navigation which can be done in relation to text shown in the screen.^ – go to the first non blank character of the line.0 – go to the starting of the current line.Within a line if you want to navigate to different position, you have 4 other options. In this article, let us review the following 8 Vi / Vim navigation options.įollowing are the four navigation that can be done line by line.īy using the repeat factor in VIM we can do this operation for N times. To be very productive, you should be aware of all possible navigation shortcuts in your editor. Navigation is a vital part of text editing.

This article is part of the ongoing Vi / Vim Tips and Tricks series. This article is written by SathiyaMoorthy.