Basic Commands

There are over 100 commands in Neovim, and thankfully, you don't need to know all of them to use the text editor—just a few basic commands are enough.

Copy and Paste in Neovim

Instead of using Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V, Neovim uses y and p for copying and pasting lines:

• yy - Copies an entire line in normal mode
• y3 - Copies 3 lines in normal mode
• y - Copies selected text in visual mode

Deleting Lines

• dd - Deletes a single line in normal mode
• d3 - Deletes 3 lines in normal mode
• d - Deletes selected text in visual mode

Undo and Redo

• u - Undo the last change
• Ctrl + r - Redo the undone change

Saving and Quitting

• :w - Save the current file
• :wq or ZZ - Save and quit
• :q - Quit (only if no unsaved changes)
• :q! or ZQ - Quit without saving changes

Searching

• /Linux - Search for 'Linux' (case-sensitive)
• n - Go to the next found 'Linux'
• N - Go to the previous 'Linux'

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