Moving Around
h
Move cursor left
j
Move cursor down
k
Move cursor up
l
Move cursor right
0
Move cursor to beginning of line
^
Move cursor to first non-whitespace character of line
$
Move cursor to end of line
gg
Move cursor to beginning of the file
G
Move cursor to end of the file
5G
Move cursor to line number 5
File Management
:e filename
Open file for editing
:w
Save current buffer to disk
:w filename
Save current buffer to filename
:q
Close the current window
:wq
Save and close the current window
:q!
Close the current window without saving
:wa
Save all open buffers to disk
Editing Commands I
i
Enter Insert mode before the cursor
a
Enter Insert mode after the cursor
I
Enter Insert mode at beginning of the line
A
Enter Insert mode at the end of the line
o
Insert a new line below the current line and enter Insert mode
O
Insert a new line above the current line and enter Insert mode
Editing Commands II
dd
Delete the current line
D
Delete from the cursor to the end of the line
C
Change from the cursor to the end of the line and enter Insert mode
u
Undo the last change
cw
Change from cursor to end of word and enter Insert mode
cb
Change from cursor to beginning of word and enter Insert mode
Visual Mode Commands
v
Enter Visual mode and select text character by character
V
Enter Visual mode and select text line by line
y
Yank (copy) the selected line
d
Delete the selected text
c
Change the selected text and enter Insert mode
Search and Replace
/
Search forward for a pattern
?
Search backward for a pattern
n
Repeat the last search in the same direction
N
Repeat the last search in the opposite direction
:%s/pattern/replacement/g
Replace all occurrences of 'pattern' with 'replacement' in the entire file
Macros and Registers
qa
Start recording a macro in register 'a'
q
Stop recording a macro
@a
Execute the macro stored in register 'a'
"
Access a specific register
"ay
Yank into register 'a'
Splits and Tabs
:sp
Split the window horizontally
:vsp
Split the window vertically
:tabe
Create a new tab
:tabc
Close the current tab
:tabn
Go to the next tab
:tabp
Go to the previous tab
