VimCheatSheet

Cursormovement

hmovecursorleft
jmovecursordown
kmovecursorup
lmovecursorright
wjumpforwardstothe
startofaword

Wjumpforwardstothe

Editing

rreplaceasingle
character

Jjoinlinebelowtothe
currentone

Cutandpaste

yyyank(copy)aline
2yyyank(copy)2lines
ywyank(copy)word

previousbuffer

cwchange(replace)tothe

pput(paste)theclipboard

:bddeleteabuffer(close

aftercursor

afile)

gtor:tabnextor
:tabnmovetothenext

Pput(paste)beforecursor

:spfilenameopenafile

endoftheword

substitutetext

Ejumpforwardstotheend

Sdeletelineandsubstitute dwdelete(cut)word

0jumptothestartofthe
line

^jumptothefirstnon

blankcharacteroftheline

$jumptotheendofthe
line

Ggotothelastlineofthe
document

5Ggotoline5
fxjumptonext

occurrenceofcharacterx

txjumptobeforenext

occurrenceofcharacterx

}Jumptonextparagraph
(orfunction/block,when
editingcode)

{Jumptoprevious

paragraph(or
function/block,when
editingcode)
Insertmode
inserting/appendingtext

iinsertbeforethecursor
Iinsertatthebeginningof

endoftheline

text(sameascc)

xptransposetwoletters
(deleteandpaste)

uundo
Ctrl+rredo
.repeatlastcommand
Markingtext(visualmode)

vstartvisualmode,mark

dddelete(cut)aline

inanewbufferandsplit
window

2dddelete(cut)2lines

:vspfilenameopenafile

Ddelete(cut)totheendof
theline

d$delete(cut)totheend
oftheline

xdelete(cut)character
Exiting

:wwrite(save)thefile,but
don'texit

lines,thendoacommand
(likeyyank)

:wqor:xorZZwrite

Vstartlinewisevisual

:qquit(failsifthereare

mode

omovetootherendof
markedarea

(save)andquit

unsavedchanges)

:q!orZQquitandthrow
awayunsavedchanges

Ctrl+vstartvisualblock Searchandreplace
mode
/patternsearchfor
Omovetoothercornerof
pattern
block

awmarkaword
abablockwith()

?patternsearch

backwardforpattern

\vpattern'verymagic'

ibinnerblockwith()

pattern:nonalphanumeric
charactersareinterpretedas
specialregexsymbols(no
escapingneeded)

iBinnerblockwith{}

nrepeatsearchinsame

aBablockwith{}

Escexitvisualmode
Visualcommands

>shifttextright

direction

Nrepeatsearchinopposite
direction

:%s/old/new/g

theline

<shifttextleft

replacealloldwithnew
throughoutfile

ainsert(append)afterthe

yyank(copy)markedtext

:%s/old/new/gc

cursor

Ainsert(append)atthe
endoftheline

oappend(open)anew

linebelowthecurrentline

Oappend(open)anew

lineabovethecurrentline

eainsert(append)atthe
endoftheword

Escexitinsertmode

Ctrl+wTmovethe

line

ofaword

startofaword(wordscan
containpunctuation)

nextbuffer

fileinanewtab

line

sdeletecharacterand

Bjumpbackwardstothe

:bnextor:bngotothe

currentsplitwindowintoits
owntab

ejumpforwardstotheend

startofaword

:efilenameeditafileina :tabnewfilenameor
newbuffer
:tabnfilenameopena

:bprevor:bpgotothe

c$change(replace)tothe

bjumpbackwardstothe

Tabs

ccchange(replace)entire y$yank(copy)toendof

startofaword(wordscan
containpunctuation)

ofaword(wordscancontain
punctuation)

Workingwithmultiplefiles

ddeletemarkedtext
~switchcase

replacealloldwithnew
throughoutfilewith
confirmations

inanewbufferand
verticallysplitwindow

Ctrl+wssplitwindow
Ctrl+wwswitch
windows

Ctrl+wqquitawindow
Ctrl+wvsplitwindow
vertically

tab

gTor:tabprevor
:tabpmovetothe
previoustab

#gtmovetotabnumber
#

:tabmove#move

currenttabtothe#th
position(indexedfrom0)

:tabcloseor:tabc

closethecurrenttabandall
itswindows

:tabonlyor:tabo

closealltabsexceptforthe

Ctrl+whmovecursorto currentone
theleftwindow(vertical
split)

Ctrl+wlmovecursorto
therightwindow(vertical
split)

Ctrl+wjmovecursorto
thewindowbelow
(horizontalsplit)

Ctrl+wkmovecursorto
thewindowabove
(horizontalsplit)