vi | Stuff I'm Up To

I’ve been using vi for ages and about my limit is search and replace.

Here’s a place for some magic I’ve been picking up more recently.

When you’ve forgotten to open the file with sudo and still need to save your changes:

:w !sudo tee %

Grab the result of a shell command and place the results at the cursor, eg.

:r !date

Disable the annoyance that is visual mode by adding this into ~/.vimrc

set mouse-=a
filetype indent plugin off

Block editing = CTRL+V, highlight the block and hit DEL or use insert

Goto End of document = G

Undo = u

Delete Line = dd

Paste = p

This is a common mistake for me. I press CTRL+S and the session locks up. Unlock it with CTRL+Q

Add this into .bashrc or .bash_profile.

stty -ixon