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use vim to get colorful diff output
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vimdiff file1 file2

slappy · 2012-08-24 14:58:37 4
Open files in tabs with vim

Open files in tabs
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vim -p file1 file2 [...]

richard · 2010-04-15 11:40:19 3
Open file with sudo when there is no write-permission

this avoids several VIM warnings, which I seem too stupid to disable: warning, readonly! and: file and buffer have changed, reload?!
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if test -w $1; then vim $1; else sudo vim $1; fi

srepmub · 2010-08-14 13:28:32 4
VIM subst any char different from literal

In case the line you want to join start with a char different than ", you may use \n.*"\n as regex.
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:g/\n"/jo

mensa13 · 2010-09-11 18:51:41 3
Replace spaces with tabs & format file source recursuvely within a directory

The sample command searches for PHP files replacing tabs with spaces. -u NONE # don't use vimrc Instead of retab! one may pass retab! 4 for instance. Look at this http://susepaste.org/69028693 also
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find $DIR -name *.php -exec vim -u NONE -c 'set ft=php' -c 'set shiftwidth=4' -c 'set tabstop=4' -c 'set noexpandtab!' -c 'set noet' -c 'retab!' -c 'bufdo! "execute normal gg=G"' -c wq {} \;

ruslan · 2011-04-08 11:42:45 4
substitute in each buffer in the buffer list
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:bufdo %s/foo/bar/ge | up

kev · 2011-06-10 05:57:32 4
Delete all empty lines from a file with vim

Here's the other way of doing it in vim: setting a recursive macro. 'gg' brings you to the top of the buffer, 'qqq' clears the 'q' macro, 'qq' starts recording a macro called 'q', '/^$' moves the cursor to the next empty line, 'dd' deletes the line that the cursor is on, '@q' calls the 'q' macro (currently empty because of 'qqq'), and 'q' stops recording the macro. '@q' calls the macro. It will run until it cannot find another blank line, at which point it will throw up an error and cease. While this is longer than the regex, you can use it without having to move your thoughts from 'vim-mode' to 'regex-mode'.
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ggqqqqq/^$dd@qq@q

evilsoup · 2013-08-16 20:37:44 8
Edit a file using vi or vim in read-only mode

The -R flag prevents you from making changes to a file, useful when you only want to view the file. This command is nicer than the 'more' or 'less' commands because for source codes, vi shows syntax highlight.
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vi -R filename

haivu · 2009-03-04 06:56:40 10
Open file with sudo when there is no write-permission

Like the http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/6327/open-file-with-sudo-when-there-is-no-write-permission, but works (in zsh; my commandlinefu is not strong enough to understand why bash don't like it) with vim options, like -O, and many input files. There could be other mistakes.
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vi2() {for i in $@; do [ -f "$i" ] && [ ! -w "$i" ] && sudo vim $@ && return; done; vim $@}

pipeliner · 2010-08-15 10:00:14 3
open two files in vim
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vim file1 file2

bossNova · 2012-09-06 21:48:12 4
Paste what you previously wrote in INSERT MODE

Paste what you previously wrote in INSERT MODE, for example: 1. Write 'foo' in INSERT MODE 2. Return to NORMAL MODE 3. Press "." and it will paste 'foo'
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. (in NORMAL MODE)

Zulu · 2013-01-08 18:32:57 4
Emptying a text file in one shot in VIM
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:!>test.txt

amaymon · 2009-08-19 13:45:23 4
vim display hex value char under cursor
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ga

miccaman · 2009-06-19 12:20:10 5
Remove VIM temp files

Assuming only VIM has *~ files in your current dir. If you have usefull data in a file named in the *~ pattern, DO NOT RUN this command!
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find . -name "*~" -exec rm {} \;

ivanatora · 2010-02-26 10:54:02 7
Go to a specified line in a file
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vim +143 filename.txt

techie · 2013-05-09 08:24:28 6
Search for the file and open in vi editor.
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vifind() { vi `find . -name "$1"` }

deepanaidu · 2009-03-06 05:52:48 7
Save a file you edited in vim without the needed permissions

shorthand for sudo save
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:w!

ecto · 2011-11-20 22:55:45 3
Open a file using vim in read only (like less)
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vim -R /etc/passwd

techie · 2013-05-09 08:28:32 6
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force unsupported i386 commands to work on amd64

The above was done using the i386 flashplayer plugin, and was installed on a AMD64 machine running an AMD64 kernel and AMD64 programs. the resulting plugin install ultimately didn't work for swiftfox (but worked for iceweasel) without also covering it with a nspluginwrapper which took a bit of fenangaling to get to work (lots of apt-getting) but it is a nice feature to be able to trick installers that think you need i386 into running on a amd64, or at least attempting to run on amd64. Enjoy

Determining the excat memory usages by certain PID

this command gives you the total number of memory usuage and open files by the perticuler PID.

Make a thumbnail image of first page of a PDF.

convert is included in ImageMagick. Don't forget the [X] (where X is the page number). [0] is the first page of the PDF.

list block devices

Shows all block devices in a tree with descruptions of what they are.

Split lossless audio (ape, flac, wav, wv) by cue file

Fix borked character coding in a tty.

Often you find some tty programs are messed up and confused about character encoding - 'man' is a common problem and sometimes displays weird characters for apostrophes, hyphens etc etc. Another class of programs that suffer from this are those that try to use the line drawing characters - eg RedHat's tty system admin functions such as system-config-firewall-tui system-config-network-tui etc. Adding 'LC_ALL=C' fixes most of these problems (as long as you want English! Perhaps speakers of other languages can add a comment here). For bonus points, I've added the '-c' option to the man command so that it ignores it's cache and re-computes the man page using the C locale.

search for files or directories, then show a sorted list of just the unique directories where the matches occur

Ever use 'locate' to find a common phrase in a filename or directory name? Often you'll get a huge list of matches, many of which are redundant, and typically the results are not sorted. This command will 'locate' your search phrase, then show you a sorted list of just the relevant directories, with no duplications. So, for example, maybe you have installed several versions of the java jre and you want to track down every directory where files matching "java" might exist. Well, a 'locate java' is likely to return a huge list with many repeated directories since many files in one directory could contain the phrase "java". This command will whittle down the results to a minimal list of unique directory names where your search phrase finds a match.

Downmix from stereo to mono and play radio stream with mplayer

The solution to a year long (and extremely frustrating) problem I've had, caused by the fact that I only have one speaker; this command downmixes the stream to monophonic output, making sure I don't miss any of the music. NOTE: When stream is in .m3u format, a -playlist option is required, as shown below: $ mplayer -af pan=1:0.5:0.5 -channels 1 -playlist radiostream.m3u This command works great with aliases for various channels in .bashrc. Sample below: $ alias radio1='mplayer -af pan=1:0.5:0.5 -channels 1 radio1stream.pls'

ASCII art of yourself

Use libcaca to render ascii chars on the webcam input... or don't.

Adding Prefix to File name

Good old bracket expansion :-) For large numbers of files, "rename" will spare you the for-loop, or the find/exec...

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