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Here is a short but very handy (at least for me ) chaetsheet for vim commands

Cursor movement

• h – move left


• j – move down


• k – move up


• l – move right


• w – jump by start of words (punctuation considered words)


• W – jump by words (spaces separate words)


• e – jump to end of words (punctuation considered words)


• E – jump to end of words (no punctuation)


• b – jump backward by words (punctuation considered words)


• B – jump backward by words (no punctuation)


• 0 – (zero) start of line


• ^ – first non-blank character of line


• $ – end of line


• G – Go To command (prefix with number – 5G goes to line 5)

Note: Prefix a cursor movement command with a number to repeat it. For example, 4j moves down 4 lines.

Insert Mode – Inserting/Appending text

• i – start insert mode at cursor


• I – insert at the beginning of the line


• a – append after the cursor


• A – append at the end of the line


• o – open (append) blank line below current line (no need to press return)


• O – open blank line above current line


• ea – append at end of word


• Esc – exit insert mode

Editing

• r – replace a single character (does not use insert mode)


• J – join line below to the current one


• cc – change (replace) an entire line


• cw – change (replace) to the end of word


• c$ – change (replace) to the end of line


• s – delete character at cursor and subsitute text


• S – delete line at cursor and substitute text (same as cc)


• xp – transpose two letters (delete and paste, technically)


• u – undo


• . – repeat last command

Marking text (visual mode)

• v – start visual mode, mark lines, then do command (such as y-yank)


• V – start Linewise visual mode


• o – move to other end of marked area


• Ctrl+v – start visual block mode


• O – move to Other corner of block


• aw – mark a word


• ab – a () block (with braces)


• aB – a {} block (with brackets)


• ib – inner () block


• iB – inner {} block


• Esc – exit visual mode

Visual commands

• > – shift right


• < – shift left


• y – yank (copy) marked text


• d – delete marked text


• ~ – switch case

Cut and Paste

• yy – yank (copy) the current line


• 2yy – yank (copy) 2 lines


• yw – yank (copy) word


• y$ – yank to end of line


• p – put (paste) the clipboard after cursor


• P – put (paste) before cursor


• dd – delete (cut) the current line


• d5 – delete (cut) 5 lines


• dw – delete (cut) the current word


• x – delete (cut) current character

Exiting

• :w – write (save) the file, but don’t exit


• :wq – write (save) and quit


• :q – quit (fails if anything has changed)


• :q! – quit and throw away changes

Search/Replace

• /pattern – search for pattern


• ?pattern – search backward for pattern


• n – repeat search in same direction


• N – repeat search in opposite direction


• :%s/old/new/g – replace all old with new throughout file


• :%s/old/new/gc – replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations

Working with multiple files

• :e filename – Edit a file in a new buffer


• :bnext (or :bn) – go to next buffer


• :bprev (of :bp) – go to previous buffer


• :bd – delete a buffer (close a file)


• :sp filename – Open a file in a new buffer and split window


• ctrl+ws – Split windows


• ctrl+ww – switch between windows


• ctrl+wq – Quit a window


• ctrl+wv – Split windows vertically