Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 4d1e037dde2f897c2a000417

Reverse and count

Someone typed things upside down and now a Vim ninja needs to reverse the lines and count how many there are.

Start file

Sixth line
Fifth line
Fourth line
Third line
Second line
First line

End file

1. First line
2. Second line
3. Third line
4. Fourth line
5. Fifth line
6. Sixth line

View Diff

1,6c1,6
< Sixth line
< Fifth line
< Fourth line
< Third line
< Second line
< First line
---
> 1. First line
> 2. Second line
> 3. Third line
> 4. Fourth line
> 5. Fifth line
> 6. Sixth line

Solutions

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

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:g/^/m 0<CR><Esc><Esc><Esc>qqq:for i in range(1,6)|execute i .'<BS> 's/!<BS>^/'. o<BS>i /<BS>,<BS>. \<BS>'. ' | endfore<CR>:<Up><BS><CR>i<Del>6<Up><Up><Up><Up><Up><BS><Del><Del><Esc>:qw<BS><BS>wq<CR>

Created by: @jamesconroyfinn Tweet

178 active golfers, 480 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#31 - Benoît Ryder / @benoitryder

01/03/2011 at 10:48PM

22

#32 - Danny O'Sullivan / @db0s

01/05/2011 at 11:01AM

22

#33 - Balkoth / @_Balkoth_

01/08/2011 at 11:04PM

22

#34 - Tim Chase / @gumnos

06/11/2011 at 12:27AM

22

#35 - not so punk :] / @notsopunk

06/19/2011 at 05:21PM

22

#36 - Justin Love / @wondible

07/19/2011 at 02:42PM

22

#37 - p0ckets / @p0ckets

10/09/2011 at 07:58PM

22

#38 - Jaime A. Sánchez / @jashbeta

12/22/2011 at 04:18AM

22

#39 - Vasil Sakarov / @vsakarov

01/17/2012 at 06:40PM

22

#40 - Renat Aksitov / @Korvin79

03/03/2012 at 06:25PM

22

#41 - Garry Shutler / @gshutler

03/31/2012 at 06:11PM

22

#42 - Nolen Royalty / @NolenRoyalty

04/22/2012 at 03:07AM

22

#43 - Conner McDaniel / @connermcd

09/25/2012 at 12:04AM

22

#44 - Petro Тrouq / @zulolosi

07/25/2013 at 03:21AM

22

#45 - Evan Coleman / @edc1591

06/01/2015 at 09:03PM

22

#46 - RockerZZY / @rocker_zzy

07/08/2020 at 11:44PM

22

#47 - vimgolfaccfekxh / @vimgolfaccfekxh

10/20/2022 at 12:57AM

23

#48 - Thedward the Edward / @thedward

12/31/2010 at 08:37PM

23

#49 - Wei Dai / @clvv42

01/01/2011 at 01:18AM

23

#50 - Daniel David Goren / @DanielDavidGor1

05/09/2024 at 09:37AM

24

#51 - Utkarsh Kukreti / @utkarshkukreti

12/31/2010 at 05:06PM

24

#52 - Prody / @Prody225

12/31/2010 at 05:22PM

24

#53 - Eike Schulte / @eikeschulte

12/31/2010 at 05:32PM

24

#54 - Peter Anselmo / @peter_anselmo

12/31/2010 at 07:28PM

24

#55 - Henri Bourcereau / @mmai

12/31/2010 at 09:07PM

24

#56 - Alain Gilbert / @alain_gilbert

12/31/2010 at 09:16PM

24

#57 - Ricardo Mendes / @locks

12/31/2010 at 10:19PM

24

#58 - Israel Chauca F. / @Raimondi

01/01/2011 at 07:57AM

24

#59 - Leeward Bound / @leewardbound

01/02/2011 at 01:01AM

24

#60 - Brad / @bjjwillis

01/02/2011 at 01:31AM