Beginner Text Navigation
k
Move up one line
j
Move down one line
h
Move left one character
l
Move right one character
e
Move to end of word
b
Move to beginning of word
$
Move to end of line
0
Move to beginning of line
H
Move to first line of screen
M
Move to middle line of screen
L
Move to last line of screen
w
Move to next word
b
Move to previous word
Beginner Text Editing
ce
Change rest of current word
dw
Delete word
i
Insert
I
Insert at start of line
a
Append
A
Append at end of line
o
Insert new line below
O
Insert new line above
r
Change char and return to cmd mode
R
Enter replace mode
esc
Exit insert mode to normal mode
Intermediate Text Navigation I
fw
Move to next 'w' on line
Fw
Move to previous 'w' on line
tw
Move before next 'w' on line
Tw
Move before previous 'w' on line
;
Repeat last f, F, t, or T
,
Repeat last f, F, t, or T reversed
5j
Move down 5 lines
5k
Move up 5 lines
Intermediate Text Navigation II
5w
Move 5 words forward
5b
Move 5 words backward
^e
Scroll down
^y
Scroll up
gg
Go to beginning of file
G
Go to end of file
12G
Go to line 12
^f
Move forward one screen
^b
Move backward one screen
Intermediate Text Editing I
yy
Yank (copy) line
y$
Yank (copy) to end of line
ye
Yank (copy) to end of word
dd
Delete (cut) current line
5dd
Delete 5 lines
d2w
Delete (cut) next two words
D
Delete (cut) to end of line (one char)
p
Paste
Intermediate Text Editing II
P
Paste before cursor
u
Undo
U
Undo all changes to current line
^r
Redo
.
Repeat last change
5.
Repeat last change 5 times
de
Delete (cut) to end of word
d$
Delete (cut) to end of line
Advanced Text Navigation
^
Move to first non whitespace char
20|
Go to column 20
%
Go to matching parenthesis or bracket
^o
Move to older position
^i
Move to newer position
zt
Scroll current line to top of window
Visual Mode
:w filename
Write selection to 'filename'
v
Visual mode select characters
V
Visual mode highlight lines
`
Swap case
>
Shift right
<
Shift left
c
Change highlighted text
y
Yank (copy) highlighted text
d
Cut highlighted text
=
Re-indent selection
Window Management
:e filename
Set current buffer to 'filename'
:sp
New window above
:vs
New window to left
:q
Close current window
:qa
Close all windows
File Management
:q!
Quit without saving
:wq
Save and exit
:x
Save and exit if modified
:r filename
Read and insert 'filename'
:r !cmd
Execute and insert results of 'cmd'
:!rm filename
Delete 'filename'
:e
Open new file
^g
Show file info
ga
Show character info
:w
Save changes
:q
Quit
Bookmarks
:marks
Show bookmarks
ma
Mark position 'a'
`a
Go to bookmark position 'a'
``
Go to previous position
Replace
:s/foo/bar
Replace first 'foo' with 'bar' on line
:s/foo/bar/g
Replace all 'foo' with 'bar' on line
:%s/foo/bar/g
Replace all 'foo' with 'bar' in file
:%s/foo/bar
Replace first 'foo' with 'bar' on every line
:s/foo/bar/gc
Confirm replace all 'foo' with 'bar' on line
:s/foo/bar/i
Ignore case replace first 'foo' with 'bar'
rx
Replace current char with 'x'
:%s/foo/bar/gc
Confirm replace all 'foo' with 'bar' in file
:2,9s/foo/bar/g
Replace all 'foo' with 'bar' between lines 2 and 9
Search
/foo
Search forwards for 'foo'
?foo
Search backwards for 'foo'
n
Search next
N
Search previous
*
Search for current word forward
:set nois
Turn off incremental search
:set ic
Set ignore case
:set is
Set incremental search
:set hls
Set highlight matching phrases
Misc
vim -t foo
Start editing where foo is defined
:help cmd
Lookup 'cmd' in help
:make
Run make
:!ls
Execute 'ls' command
^p
Move autocomplete backward
^x
Move language autocomplete forward
^o
Move language autocomplete backward
K
Look up word in man pages
yw
Yank to beginning of next word
