One of the things I always found awkward about Vim is stretching for the ESC key to get out of insert mode.
Here's a little trick that I like to add into my .vimrc file:
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map <space> i
imap <S-space> <esc>
This will let you escape insert mode by pressing shift and space and enter insert mode [...]
Vim has some really useful commands, especially search and replace ones. Unfortunately I'm always forgetting the finer details of how to use them so here's an example:
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:%s/$/\rthis is a new line
To break down whats happening above:
: switches Vim into command mode
% means we're going to apply this command to every line in our [...]