Nano and Vim Shortcuts

Description:

There is probably a thousand of these on the intertubes, but here’s mine.

To Resolve:

1. Nano shortcuts

   • ctrl+g = help
   • ctrl+o = save file

   • ctrl+x = exit file

   • alt+\ = move to beginning
   • alt+/ = move to end
   • ctrl+y = up a page
   • ctrl+v = down a page
   • ctrl+a = beginning of line
   • ctrl+e = end of line

   • ctrl+_ = enter a line number, a comma, and a column number

   • ctrl+w = search for a string, ctrl+c cancels it
   • alt+m+a = select area to copy
   • alt+6 = copy => highlight with cursor first
   • ctrl+k = cut => cuts an entire line if you don’t highlight anything
   • ctrl+m = inserts a blank line
   • ctrl+u = paste

   • alt+r = replace expr1 with expr2. y for one occurance and a for all

   • alt+x = remove the help menu at the bottom

2. Vim shortcuts

   • Basic Nav:
   • gg = Moves to beginning of filename
   • G = Moves to the end of file
   • cntrl+b = Page up. Think of it as ‘b’ack.
   • cntrl+f = Page up. Think of it as ‘f’orward.
   • Insert text:
   • a = Insert text after the cursor
   • A = Insert text at the end of the line
   • i = Insert text before the cursor
   • o = Begin a new line below the cursor
   • O = Begin a new line above the cursor
   • Delete Text:
   • dd = Delete current line
   • dgg = Delete to the beginning of the file.
   • dG = Delete to end of file
   • Copy/Paste:
   • yy = copy current line
   • p = paste storage buffer after current line
   • P = paste storage buffer before current line
   • Searching:
   • vim filename
   • press /
   • type word which you want to search
   • press Enter
   • /pattern = search forward for pattern
   • ?pattern = search backward
   • n = repeat forward search
   • N = repeat backward
   • /\<word\> = Full word
   • Search and replace:
   • :%s/original/replacement = Search for the first occurrence of the string “original” and replace it with “replacement”
   • :%s/original/replacement/g = Search and replace all occurrences of the string “original” with “replacement”

3. Less shortcuts (added because it’s similar)

   • b = Moves back one page. Insert a number before to move that many pages back.
   • f = Moves forward one page. Insert a number before to move that many pages forward.
   • /query = Search something
   • q = Quit