TryHackMe: VIM writeup

room: https://tryhackme.com/room/toolboxvim

A beginners guide to VIM, a very powerful text editor.

Task 1:

Question 1- install vim

No answer needed

Question 2- Launch vim

No answer needed

Task 2:

Question 1- How do we enter “INSERT” mode?

i

Question 2- How do we start entering text into our new Vim document?

typing

Question 3- How do we return t command mode?

esc

Question 4- How do we move the cursor left?

h

Question 5- How do we move he cursor right?

l

Question 6- How do we move the cursor up?

k

Question 7- How do we move he cursor down?

j

Question 8- How do we jump to the start of a word?

w

Question 9- How do we jump to the end of a word?

e

Question 10- How do we insert (before the cursor)

i

Question 11- How do we insert (at the beginning of the line?)

I

Question 12- how do we append (after the cursor)

a

Question 13- How do we append (at he end of the line)

A

Question 14- How do we make a new line under the current line?

o

Task 3:

Question 1- How do we write the file, but don’t exit?

:w

Question 2- How do we write the file, but don’t exit- as root?

:w !sudo tee %

Question 3- How do we write and quit?

:wq

Question 4- How do we quit?

:q

Question 5- How do we force quite?

:q!

Question 6- How do we save and quit, for all active tabs?

:wqa

Task 4:

Question 1- How do we copy a line?

yy

Question 2- how do we copy 2 lines?

2yy

Question 3- How do we copy to the end of the line?

y$

Question 4- How do we paste the clipboard contents after the cursor?

p

Question 5- How do we paste the clipboard contents before the cursor?

P

Question 6- How do we cut a line?

dd

Question 7- How do we cut two lines?

2dd

Question 8- How do we cut to the end of he line?

D

Question 9- How do we cut a character?

x

Task 5:

Question 1- How do we search forwards for a pattern (use “pattern” for your answer)

/pattern

Question 2- How do we search backwards for a pattern (use “pattern” for your answer)

?pattern

Question 3- How do we repeat this seach in the same direction?

n

Question 4- How do we repeat this search in the opposite direction?

N

Question 5- How do we search for “old” and replace it with “new”

%s/old/new/g

Question 6- How do we use “grep” to search for a pattern in multiple files?

:vimgrep