Editing

Question 1

Insert characters

Answer 1

i

Question 2

Append to current word

Answer 2

a

Question 3

Append to end of line

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Delete current character

Answer 4

x

Question 5

Delete current line

Answer 5

dd

Question 6

Delete Word

Answer 6

dw (deletes entire word when cursor at the first character of a word)

Question 7

Delete to the end of the line

Answer 7

d$

Question 8

Move forward five words

Answer 8

5w (use 5e to move to end of the word of the fifth word)

Question 9

Delete the next 3 lines

Answer 9

3dd

Question 10

Undo last change

Answer 10

u

Question 11

Undo all changes on line

Answer 11

U

Question 12

Redo the last edit

Answer 12

Ctrl + R

Question 13

Add the current contents of the register with the put command

Answer 13

p (similar to paste)

Question 14

Replace

Answer 14

r

Question 15

Change operator (change current word ending from where the cursor is)

Answer 15

ce

Question 16

Change ending of line from where cursor is

Answer 16

c$

Question 17

Open a new line below cursor

Answer 17

o

Question 18

OPen a new line above cursor

Answer 18

O

Question 19

Append after cursor

Answer 19

a

Question 20

Replace more than one character

Answer 20

R

Question 21

In Visual mode, copy (or yank) selected text

Answer 21

y

Question 22

Move cursor to end of next line

Answer 22

j$

Question 23

Yank one word

Answer 23

yw

Question 24

Set search option to highlight words

Answer 24

:set hcl (:nohclsearch to remove highlighting)

Question 25

Set search to ignore case

Answer 25

:set ic (to disbale :set noic)

Question 26

Set the increment search option

Answer 26

:set is

Question 27

Copy to clipboard register

Answer 27

“+yy

+ is reserved for the clipboard

Question 28

Autocomplete

Answer 28

Ctrl + p

Question 29

Toggle letter case

Answer 29

Make the selection in visial mode.

Then U for upper case, u for lower case.

Question 30

Insert output of a command into a file

Answer 30

:r !ls

This would add the output of the ls command into a file

Question 31

Insert the contents of a file into another fille

Answer 31

:r sample.txt

This would add the contents of sample.txt into the current file

Question 32

What mode does would the following displaying in the command area suggest:

’

Answer 32

Visual selection mode

Question 33

Write a selected text to file in visual mode

Answer 33

:‘w

Question 34

Append selected text to file in visual mode

Answer 34

:‘w»

Question 35

Repeat the last used macro

Answer 35

@@

Question 36

Autocomplete

Answer 36

Ctrl + p