How to move current line behind the line above it in Vim?
vim
Solution
Several ways:
- In normal mode, `kJ` or `kgJ` or `VkJ` or `VkgJ` (the last two commands do the same in visual mode). `k` will go to previous line, and `J` or `gJ` will merge with next line (`J` inserts a space inbetween, `gJ` just removes the EOL characters)
- In command mode, `:-,j` or `:-,j!` `-,` is a range that is abbreviation for `.-1,.` which means “from previous line to current line” `j` is the ex command for concatenating lines in a range. The banged (with exclamation mark) version acts like gJ.
- With a substitution: `:-s/\s*\n\s*//` `-` means previous line `:s` is probably known to you, else you should run `vimtutor`. `/\s*\n\s*/` is pattern for as many spaces as possible plus line terminator (matches different byte sequences according to the file format: LF, CR or CRLF) plus as many spaces as possible. Here, replacement pattern is empty.
- in insert mode, hit `CTRL-W` twice (each time it deletes a word, or leading whitespace on a line, or newline) (as ib. suggests, this depends on the `backspace` setting).
References:
- `:help J`
- `:help gJ`
- `:help k`
- `:help range`
- `:help :j`
- `:help pattern`
- `:help i_CTRL-W`
Problem
How would I move the current line behind the line above it? Say I have: ``` function foo() { ^ Cursor is here ``` And want to turn that into: ``` function foo() { ``` I am still new to vim, so what I do now is `i[backspace][backspace]...etc.` :)