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gvim commands for vlsi engineer

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gvim commands for VLSI engineer

The majority of EDA tools are only Linux compatible for VLSI Design Engineers. In Linux, the Command-Line Interface is the primary method of OS interaction (CLI). Since there are many instructions to learn and we are accustomed to using a GUI interface, it may seem a bit tedious initially, but you will quickly come to enjoy it. Some of the useful gvim commands are following.

 

cat 

: stands for concatenate

which 

: Path of the command

ls

: list files and directories

 clear 

: clear the terminal (but keep the history of commands intact)

man 

: Show a manual of commands and switches written in detail.

pwd

: Print Working Directory, The directory where you are currently.

cp

: copy command

 rm

: remove file/directory

which 

: Path of the command

find 

: searching a file/directory

 history 

: Get the list of executed commands

chmod

: Change mode, change the permission of file/directory

touch

: create a new file

head

: To read the first 10 lines of a file in CLI  

sort

: To sort the list 

unique

: An utility for filtering the repeated lines in a file

less

: to read the text file in the command line

tkdiff

: find the difference between two files/dir.

 wc

: word count of a file

top 

: It will show the status of various resources and tasks

 ps

: Known as Process Status 

kill

: To terminate a process

w

: information about current logged users and what they are doing

users

: Display all current users’ name in a single line 

last

: it displays the list of users who logged into the system 

free

: Used to check available physical memory and swap memory 

uptime

: Gives the time how long the system is running

Use

Gives the duration of the system running 

reboot

: Will shutdown and restart the machine instantly

shutdown

: Can be used to shut down or restart the machine

 cal

: Will display the calendar of the current month in terminal 

 env

: Used to print all the present environment variables and their value

whoami

: prints the username of the current user

uname

: It provides kernel versions and other details

 

Set Options

  • Prints all option settings: set all
  • Enables option ‘option’ :set option
  • Disables option ‘option’ :set nooption
  • Prints modified options: set
  • Show Line Numbers: set nu
  • Hide Line Numbers: set nonu
  • Set Auto Indent :set ai
  • Set Ignore Case: set ic

GVIM daily useful commands

  • Save/Quit:w
  • Quit without saving file:q
  • Save and quit:wq
  • Forcefully Save:w!
  • Forcefully Quit q! 
  • Forcefully Save & Quit: :wq!,

 

 

 

 

 

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