Version: 1.0 / 12.06.

2011
Nicole Cordes
VI - Cheat Sheet http://www.cps-it.de mehr wert im netz www.cps-it.de

Edit commands Movement commands <MC> Replace commands

u Undo last command l, [LEFT] Move one character left (lower L) r Replace current character
U Undo all commands for current line 5l Move 5 characters left R Enter replacement mode
. Repeat last command h, [RIGHT] Move one character right :s/foo/bar Replace next occurence of „foo“ with „bar“
y<MC> Copy text depending on movement command 5h Move 5 characters right :s/foo/ Replace all occurences of „foo“ with „bar“
yy Copy current line (yank) k, [UP] Move one line upwards bar/g

5yy Copy 5 lines from current 5k Move 5 lines upwards :n,ms/foo/ Replace all occurences of „foo“ with „bar“
p Paste (below) j, [DOWN] Move one line downwards bar/g from line n to m

P Paste (above) 5j Move 5 lines downwards :%s/foo/ Replace all occurences of „foo“ with „bar“ in
d<MC> Delete text depending on movement w Move one word right bar/g file
command 5w Move 5 words right :%s/foo/ Replace all occurences of „foo“ with „bar“ in
D Delete text to the end of line b Move one word left bar/gc file with confirmation

dd Delete current line 5b Move 5 words left

Screen commands
5dd Delete 5 lines downwards from current e Move to the end of current word
z Position line with cursor at top
:10,20d Delete lines 10 - 20 0 Move to beginning of line
z. Position line with cursor at middle
x Delete current character ^ Move to first non-blank character of line
z- Position line with cursor at bottom
5x Delete 5 characters from current _ (underscore)
H Go to top of screen (high)
d0 Delete to beginning of line $ Move to end of line
5H Go to 5th line from top of screen
d$ Delete to end of line + Move to first character of next line
M Go to middle of screen (middle)
- Move to first character of previous line
File commands L Go to bottom of screen (low)
( Move to next sentence
:q Quit 5L Go to 5th line from bottom of screen
) Move to previous sentence
:q! Quit without saving v Switch to visual mode (show selection)
]] Move to next section
:w Save changes
[[ Move to previous section Search commands
:wq, :x, ZZ Save and exit
} Move to next paragraph fc Search forwards for „c“ (one character)
Insert commands { Move to previous paragraph Fc Search backwards for „c“ (one character)
[ESC] Switch back to command mode % Move to the corresponding opening/closing tc Search forwards for „c“ and go one character
i Insert before cursor bracket (()‘s, []‘s and {}‘s) backwards

I Insert at the beginning of line G Go to last line Tc Search backwards for „c“ and go one
a Insert after cursor 5G Go to line 5 character forwards

A Insert at the end of line ; Repeat search (keep direction)

c<MC> Cut text depending on movement command Miscellaneous , Repeat search (reverse direction)
C Cut text to the end of line ~ Toogle upper / lower case /foo Search forwards for „foo“
cc Cut text of the current line J Join lines ?foo Search backwards for „foo“
o Insert new line (below) :!ls Run „ls“ command from editor n Repeat search (keep direction)
O Insert new line (above) :r foo.bar Read file foo.bar into current file N Repeat search (reverse direction)