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Vim commands I use / find helpful while learning

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Set cwd to current directory:

:cd %:p:h
Set args to all the files in cwd

:args **/*
Delete all pattern matches in file

:g/MATCH BEGIN/ .,/MATCH END/d
Delete pattern match in many files and save all changed Make sure your :args are set to the correct files (check this with just :args )

:argdo g/MATCH BEGIN/ .,/MATCH END/d | update
Vsplit multiple files at once

vim -O <file1> <file2> <file3> <etc...>
Find & replace all instances of whole word in file

:% s/\<WORD TO FIND\>/NEW WORD/g

Insert after next character / Insert at end of line:
a / A
Insert at cursor / Insert at beginning of line:
i / I
Insert at end of word:
ea
Change / Delete based on character:
ct<char> or dt<char> -> change/delete up to given next character (exclusive of character)
cf<char> or df<char> -> change/delete from cursor to given next character (inclusive of character)
- Sample text: " I'm text - " => dt- Deletes all text up to -, whereas df- deletes all text including -
Change / Delete inner match within current line:
ci<char> or di<char> -> change/delete inside matched pair (exclusive of character)
ca<char> or da<char> -> change/delete around matched pair (inclusive of character)
- Sample text: " [This is some text] " => ci[ Changes text inside '[ ]', whereas ca[ changes all text including '[ ]'
- These only work for paired characters like ' ', " ", { }, [ ], ( ), , < >
- There's also a really handy one cit or dit. This says change/delete inner tags.
  - Sample: <h1>Hello Suz!</h1>, will remove "Hello Suz!"
Repeat last command:
. (just a period)
Insert line below / Insert line above:
o / O (Use this these a lot)

ZZ
:wq
:x