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+# Vim Commands List
+
+## 1. Vim Motions
+
+- Vim motions consist of modes and commands that help developers navigate and edit code more efficiently.
+- Vim comes with three modes:
+  - **Normal Mode**: Where you type all the Vim commands.
+  - **Insert Mode**: Where you actually write code.
+  - **Visual Mode**: Helps us visually select and manipulate text.
+    - **Normal Visual Mode**: Works like selecting text with a mouse.
+    - **Block Visual Mode**: Helps you select text as a block.
+
+### Navigation Commands
+- `h`, `j`, `k`, `l`: Move left, down, up, right
+- `w`, `b`, `e`: Navigate forward word by word, backward word by word, jump to the end of a word
+- `0`, `^`, `$`: Jump to the beginning of the line, first non-empty character, end of the line
+- `f<character>`, `F<character>`: Jump to the next/previous occurrence of `<character>` on the line
+- `(`, `)`: Move one sentence up/down
+- `{`, `}`: Move one paragraph up/down
+- `Ctrl + d`, `Ctrl + u`: Move down/up half a page
+- `Ctrl + f`, `Ctrl + b`: Move down/up a full page
+- `gg`, `G`: Move to the top/bottom of the file
+
+## 2. Vim Editor
+
+- `:w`: Save the current file
+- `:set number`, `:set nonumber`: Show/hide line numbers
+
+### Insert Mode Commands
+- `i`, `a`: Insert text before/after the cursor
+- `I`, `A`: Insert text at the beginning/end of the line
+- `o`, `O`: Insert a new line below/above the current line
+- `c`, `s`: Change the current word or selected text / Replace the current character and enter insert mode
+
+### Copy and Paste Commands
+- `y`, `p`: Yank (copy) selected text / Paste yanked text
+- `yy`: Yank the entire line
+- `yi{char}`, `ya{char}`: Yank text inside/including specified braces or quotes
+
+### Undo and Redo Commands
+- `u`: Undo the last change
+- `Ctrl + r`: Redo the undone change
+
+### Deletion Commands
+- `d`: Delete the current word, sentence, or paragraph
+- `dd`: Delete the current line
+- `dt<character>`: Delete up to a specific character
+- `dw`, `ds`, `dp`: Delete word / Delete sentence / Delete paragraph
+
+### Search Commands
+- `/`: Search forward for a word
+- `?`: Search backward for a word
+- `n`, `N`: Jump to the next/previous search result
+- `*`, `#`: Search forward/backward for the word under the cursor
+
+### Marks and Bookmarks
+- `m{a-z}`: Set a mark with a specific letter
+- `'{mark}`, `''`: Jump to the mark / Toggle between the last two positions
+- `'.`: Jump to the position of the last edit
+
+### Special Commands
+- `.`: Repeat the last command
+- `:q`, `:wq`, `:qa`: Quit Vim / Save and quit Vim / Quit all files
+
+## 3. Command Mode Commands
+
+- `:Explore`: Opens the file explorer within Vim to navigate and open files.
+- `:w`: Saves the current file.
+- `:q`: Quits Vim. Use `:q!` to quit without saving.
+- `:wq`: Saves the file and quits Vim.
+- `:e <filename>`: Opens the specified file in Vim.
+- `:vsp <filename>`: Opens the specified file in a vertical split.
+- `:sp <filename>`: Opens the specified file in a horizontal split.
+- `:tabnew <filename>`: Opens the specified file in a new tab.
+- `:bd`: Closes the current buffer (file).
+- `:set number`: Displays line numbers.
+- `:set relativenumber`: Displays relative line numbers.
+- `:set syntax=<syntax>`: Enables syntax highlighting for a specific language.
+- `:noh`: Clears search highlighting.
+- `:%s/<old>/<new>/g`: Replaces all occurrences of `<old>` with `<new>` in the file.
+- `:!<command>`: Runs an external shell command from within Vim.
+- `:help <command>`: Opens help documentation for the specified command.