Goodbye line numbers.
Ever copy code into vim and realize that the line numbers were also copied. Here is a quick easy way to get rid of the line numbers. Original code: We want to remove the first 5 characters from every line so then we need to use the normal option: :%normal 5x Press return and the line numbers are gone! Some other tricks: Remove first 2 characters of every line, only if they're spaces: :%s/^ / Note that the last slash is optional, and is only here so that you can see the two spaces. Without the slash, it's only 7 characters, including the :. Move indentation to left for every line: :%normal <<