And also this classic answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1218390/what-is-your-most-productive-shortcut-with-vim
## Core concepts
In vim you have the concept of buffers.
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```bash
# List buffers
:buffers
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## Movement - Motion commands
**Left,up,down,right**
hjkl
`hjkl`
**start of line**
0 (zero)
`0` (zero)
**end of line**
$
`$`
**beginning of next word**
w
`w`
**beginning of next word, defined by white space**
W
`W`
**end of the next word**
e
`e`
**end of the next word, defined by white space**
E
`E`
**back to the beginning of previous word**
b
`b`
**back to the end of previous word**
B
`B`
**go to next character of your choice**
If you want to go to the next comma
f,
`f,`
**start of file**
gg
`gg`
**end of file**
G
`G`
## Operators
Operators are commands that do things. Like delete, change or copy.
c - change
ce - change until end of the word.
c$ - change until end of line.
`c` - change
`ce` - change until end of the word.
`c$` - change until end of line.
## Combining Motions and Operators
Now that you know some motion commands and operator commands. You can start combining them.
dw - delete word
d$ - delete to the end of the line
`dw` - delete word
`d$` - delete to the end of the line
## Count - Numbers
You can add numbers before motion commands. To move faster.
4w - move cursor three words forward
0 - move curso to the start of the line
`4w` - move cursor three words forward
`0` - move curso to the start of the line
You can use numbers to perform operations.
d3w - delete three words
`d3w` - delete three words
3dd - delete three lines
`3dd` - delete three lines
## Replace
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If you need to replace a character, there is no need to enter insert-mode. You can just use replace
Go to a character and the press **r** followed by the character you want instead.
Go to a character and the press `r` followed by the character you want instead.
**rp** if you want to replace p.
`rp` if you want to replace p.
**R**
`R`
## Clipboard
In order to copy something FROM vim to the OS-clipboard you can do this:
The **"** means that we are not entering a registry. And the * means the OS-clipboard. So we are yanking something and putting it in the OS-clipboard registry.
The `"` means that we are not entering a registry. And the `*` means the OS-clipboard. So we are yanking something and putting it in the OS-clipboard registry.
