replace ^M

• ^M = Ctl-v Ctl-m
• %s/^M/\r/g

add before each column

• Ctl+v —-> j to select —> I —> add content —> ESC

delete empty lines

• g/^$/d

remove whitespace(s) at the end of line

• %s/\s+$//g

Insert file name (and path)

• :r! echo %
• :r! echo %:p

sort by columns

• %!sort -k4,4n -rk3,3

Other shortcuts

• :set nobackup
• :set fileencoding=
• :set guifont=
• :set nowrapscan # especially useful when you apply macros: no infinite looping
• :syntax on / off

Insert increasing / decreasing numbers

• Ener number e.g., Smp_30001 -> qr RECORD_START -> 0 -> Y -> p -> Ctl+a -> q RECORD_END -> 10@r

Show word/char stats

• g -> Ctl-g