commands

Question 1

move left

Answer 1

h

Question 2

move up

Answer 2

k

Question 3

move down

Answer 3

j

Question 4

move right

Answer 4

l

Question 5

quit and save

Answer 5

:wq

Question 6

delete character under cursor

Answer 6

x

Question 7

insert text at cursor

Answer 7

i

Question 8

insert append at end of line

Answer 8

A

capital a

Question 9

undo last

Answer 9

u

Question 10

delete from cursor to end of line

Answer 10

d$

Question 11

goto beginning of the line to first non-blank char

Answer 11

shift 6

Question 12

goto absolute beginning of line

Answer 12

0

Question 13

delete from cursor to end of the word

the cursor must be on the first letter of the word to delete the entire word

Answer 13

de

delete to end of the current word

Question 14

delete operator

Answer 14

d

Question 15

delete from the cursor to the start character of the next word, not including the start character

Answer 15

dw

Question 16

what do numbers before a motion command or operator mean, ie 3w

Answer 16

how many times the motion repeats

3w is 3 words forward

Question 17

2w

the exact location of the cursor

Answer 17

first character 2 words ahead

Question 18

e

Answer 18

cursor at end of each word ahead

Question 19

p

Answer 19

put paste clipboard after the cursor

Question 20

P

Answer 20

put paste before the cursor

Question 21

d2w

Answer 21

delete 2 words from the cursor to the start of third-word character not including the third word character

Question 22

delete entire line and put in register

Answer 22

dd

Question 23

delete cut 2 lines

Answer 23

2dd

Question 24

undo the last command

Answer 24

u

Question 25

fix undo the whole line

Answer 25

U

Question 26

replace one character without going into insert mode

Answer 26

r then the letter

Question 27

change letters from the cursor to end of word

Answer 27

ce - this will put you also into insert

Question 28

change from the cursor to the end of the line

Answer 28

c$

Question 29

Retrace your movements in file in backwards.

Answer 29

ctrl o

Question 30

Retrace your movements in file in forward

Answer 30

ctrl i

Question 31

change from the cursor to end of 3rd word

Answer 31

c3e

Question 32

move to the bottom of the file

Answer 32

G

Question 33

move to the start of the file

Answer 33

gg

Question 34

go to a specific line in the document

Answer 34

line number G

399G

Question 35

Search and replace word(s)/errr

/

Answer 35

/search enter

Question 36

move the screen to the top middle and bottom relative to the cursor. the cursor stays put on the same line number

Answer 36

zt, zz, zb

Question 37

visual block mode select and insert

Answer 37

ctrl-v I

Question 38

visual block mode select and change

all commits to squash

Answer 38

ctrl-v c

Question 39

visual block mode select and delete

Answer 39

ctrl-v d

Question 40

visual block select to end of each line

Answer 40

ctrl-v $ j