COMMANDS.md

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Quick move cursor

H

Move cursor to first (highest) line in current window.

L

Move cursor to the lowest line in current window.

M

Move cursor to the middle of the current window.

Open file on line 2

vim +2 file.txt

read file operations

Insert the file file.txt below the cursor in current buffer.

:r file.txt

Insert the file file.txt before the first line.

:0r file.txt

Insert lines 2 to 8 from file file.txt below the cursor.

:r!sed -n 2,8p file.txt

Insert a directory listing below the cursor

:r !ls