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Vim <strong>101</strong> Hacks<br />

www.thegeekstuff.com<br />

• If you are at the beginning of “192.168.1.3 devserver” and press w (to<br />

go to next word), you’ll go to the first . (period). Because 192 is<br />

considered as a word.<br />

• If you are at the beginning of “192.168.1.3 devserver” and press W<br />

(to go to next WORD), you’ll go to d in “devserver”. Because the<br />

whole 192.168.1.3 is considered as a WORD.<br />

Fig: word Vs WORD<br />

Hack 3. Position cursor at specific location within a<br />

line<br />

Instead of just using l and h to navigate within a line, you can use the<br />

following to position cursor at various locations within the same line.<br />

Navigation Key<br />

Description<br />

0 (zero) Go to the starting of current line<br />

$ (dollar sign) Go to the end of current line<br />

^ (caret sign)<br />

g_<br />

Go to the first non blank character of<br />

current line<br />

Go to the last non blank character of<br />

current line<br />

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