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<ESC>
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Exit from other modes into NORMAL mode
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i/I
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Enter INSERT mode, cursor placed before the current character/first character in line
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a/A
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Enter INSERT mode, cursor placed after the current character/the end of the line
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o/O
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Creates a new, empty line below/above the cursor, and enter INSERT mode
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v
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Enter Visual mode, cursor movement selection
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V
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Enter Visual mode, line selection
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<CTRL>-v
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Enter Visual mode, block selection
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:
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Enter COMMAND-LINE mode
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J
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Join line at cursor with line below it
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u
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Undo last edit
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U
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Undoes all the changes made on the last line that was edited
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p
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Put
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<CTRL>-r
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Reverse the preceding command
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ZZ
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Writes the file and exits
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y
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Copy (Yank)
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c
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Change (deletes and enters INSERT mode)
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d
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Delete
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w
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Word
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W
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WORD
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s
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Sentence
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p
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Paragraph
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[ or ]
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[] block
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( or ) or b
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() block
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< or >
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<> block
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{ or }
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{} Block
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w/W
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Start of the next word/WORD
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b/B
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Start of the previous word/WORD
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e/E
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End of the next word/WORD
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ge/gE
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End of the previous word/WORD
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0 or <HOME>
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Very first character of the line
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^
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First non-blank character of the line
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$
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End of a line (eol)
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f/F{char}
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Forward/backwards to character {char}
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t/T{char}
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Like f/F but stops on character before (To)
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%
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Matching pair (for parenthesis, square brackets and squiglies)
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h or <RIGHT>
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Right
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k or <UP>
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Up
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j or <DOWN>
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Down
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l or <LEFT>
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Left
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H
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First line on screen (High)
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M
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Middle line on screen (Middle)
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L
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Last line on screen (Low)
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<CTRL>-u
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Scroll half a page up
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<CTRL>-d
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Scroll half a page down
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<CTRL>-y
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Scroll up one line
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<CTRL>-e
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Scroll down one line
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<CTRL>-b
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Scroll up (Back) one screen minus 2 lines
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<CTRL>-f
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Scroll down (Forward) one screen minus 2 lines
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zt
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Move cursor line to the top of screen
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zz
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Move cursor line to middle of screen
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zb
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Move cursor line to the bottom of screen
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<CTRL>-w w
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Jump between the windows
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<CTRL>-w t
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Move to the TOP window
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<CTRL>-w b
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Move to the BOTTOM window
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<CTRL>-w +
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Increase the size of a window
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<CTRL>-w -
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Decrease the size of a window
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s
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Change one character
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x
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Delete character under the cursor
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X
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Delete character left of the cursor
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r
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Waits for you to type a character, and will replace the character under the cursor with it
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C
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Change to the end of line
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D
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Delete to the end of line
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yy
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Copy a whole line
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cc or S
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Change a whole line
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dd
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Deletes a whole line
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.
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Repeats the last change (except undo)
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o
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Change cursor to the other end of the selection
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O
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Change corner in block selection
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I{string}<Esc>
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Inserts the text {string} in each line, to the left of the block
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A{string}<Esc>
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Inserts the text {string} in each line, to the right of the block
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$A{string}<Esc>
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Same as A{string}<Esc>, but will append the string in the lines that are shorter
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C{string}<Esc>
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Deletes the block and then throws you into Insert mode to enable you to type in a string
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/{pattern}
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Search forwards
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?{pattern}
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Search backwards
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n/N
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Move to next/previous occurrence
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<UP> and <DOWN>
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Move through the history of search commands
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*
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Grab the word under the cursor and search forward
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#
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grab the word under the cursor and search backwards
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\
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Escape special characters below to look for them
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^
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Matches the beginning of a line
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$
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Matches the end of a line
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.
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Matches any existing character
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No range specified
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Current line
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%
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All lines
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{number}
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Line
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.
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First line
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$
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Last line
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- 0r + {number}
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Line offset from range boundary
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No flag specified
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First occurrence in range
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g
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All ocurrences in range
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c
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Ask for confirmation before it performs each substitution
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edit <filename>
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Edit new file, or load existing
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q
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Quit
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q!
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Quit and throw changes away
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saveas <filename>
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Save contents as <filename> and continue editing
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file <filename>
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Change current file name (does not write it)
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substitute or s
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Find and replace, in the form [range]substitute/from/to/[flags] (see substitution pannels)
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new
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Open a window on a new, empty file above the current one
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split
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Open a new window above the current one. If file name is provided, opens a second window and starts editing the given file
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close
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Close current window
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only
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Closes all windows, except for the current one
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