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# Use The Terminal Inside A Vim Session
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With [the release of Vim 8.1](https://www.vim.org/vim-8.1-released.php) comes
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the ability to open a terminal window _within_ a Vim session.
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The `:terminal` command (or `:term` for short) opens up a buffer window that
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looks like a strange mix between any old Vim session and your terminal's shell
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prompt.
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Once the `:terminal` window is open, you can hit `i` to switch to
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_terminal-mode_. This puts the cursor on the shell prompt so that you can start
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executing shell commands. Once in this mode, you most of your keybindings will
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be ignored as Vim is providing terminal emulation.
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Once you are done with the terminal, you can type `exit` like you would in any
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other shell and it will terminate that process.
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Alternatively, you can hit `Ctrl-\ Ctrl-n` which takes you out of terminal-mode
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and back into Normal mode. From here, you can use all the Vim things to
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navigate, search, yank, etc. from the terminal output.
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You can also (if `hidden` is set), switch to another buffer. The Vim `:term`
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buffer is preserved and you can return to it later, hitting `i` to start
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interacting with it again.
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See `:h :term` for more details.
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