Vim Commands Cheat Sheet

How to Exit

Editing a File

Inserting Text

Inserting a file

Deleting Text

Changing (or Replacing) Text

Substituting

The arguments that you can use for the substitute commands:
[c]  Confirm each substitution.  Vim positions the cursor on the matching
  string.  You can type:
      'y'      to substitute this match
      'n'      to skip this match
         to skip this match
      'a'      to substitute this and all remaining matches {not in Vi}
      'q'      to quit substituting {not in Vi}
      CTRL-E  to scroll the screen up {not in Vi}
      CTRL-Y  to scroll the screen down {not in Vi}.
[e]     When the search pattern fails, do not issue an error message and, in
  particular, continue in maps as if no error occurred.  
[g]  Replace all occurrences in the line.  Without this argument,
  replacement occurs only for the first occurrence in each line.
[i]  Ignore case for the pattern.  
[I]  Don't ignore case for the pattern.  
[p]  Print the line containing the last substitute.

Copying and Moving Text

Undo/Redo/Repeat

Moving Around

Basic motion commands:

        k              
      h   l          
        j             

h or

[count] characters to the left (exclusive).

l or
or

[count] characters to the right (exclusive).

k or
or
CTRL-P

[count] lines upward

j or
or
CTRL-J or
or
CTRL-N

[count] lines downward (linewise).

0

To the first character of the line (exclusive).

<Home>

To the first character of the line (exclusive).

To the first non-blank character of the line

$ or
<End>

To the end of the line and [count - 1] lines downward

g0 or
g<Home>

When lines wrap ('wrap on): To the first character of the screen line (exclusive). Differs from «0» when a line is wider than the screen. When lines don't wrap ('wrap' off): To the leftmost character of the current line that is on the screen. Differs from «0» when the first character of the line is not on the screen.

g^

When lines wrap ('wrap' on): To the first non-blank character of the screen line (exclusive). Differs from «^» when a line is wider than the screen. When lines don't wrap ('wrap' off): To the leftmost non-blank character of the current line that is on the screen. Differs from «^» when the first non-blank character of the line is not on the screen.

g$ or
g<End&gr;

When lines wrap ('wrap' on): To the last character of the screen line and [count - 1] screen lines downward (inclusive). Differs from «$» when a line is wider than the screen. When lines don't wrap ('wrap' off): To the rightmost character of the current line that is visible on the screen. Differs from «$» when the last character of the line is not on the screen or when a count is used.

f{char}

To [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the right. The cursor is placed on {char} (inclusive).

F{char}

To the [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the left. The cursor is placed on {char} (inclusive).

t{char}

Till before [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the right. The cursor is placed on the character left of {char} (inclusive).

T{char}

Till after [count]'th occurrence of {char} to the left. The cursor is placed on the character right of {char} (inclusive).

;

Repeat latest f, t, F or T [count] times.

,

Repeat latest f, t, F or T in opposite direction [count] times.

- <minus>

[count] lines upward, on the first non-blank character (linewise).

+ or
CTRL-M or
<CR>

[count] lines downward, on the first non-blank character (linewise).

_ <underscore>

[count] - 1 lines downward, on the first non-blank character (linewise).

<C-End> or
G

Goto line [count], default last line, on the first non-blank character.

<C-Home> or
gg

Goto line [count], default first line, on the first non-blank character.

<S-Right> or
w

[count] words forward

<C-Right> or
W

[count] WORDS forward

e

Forward to the end of word [count]

E

Forward to the end of WORD [count]

<S-Left> or
b

[count] words backward

<C-Left> or
B

[count] WORDS backward

ge

Backward to the end of word [count]

gE

Backward to the end of WORD [count]

These commands move over words or WORDS.

A word consists of a sequence of letters, digits and underscores, or a sequence of other non-blank characters, separated with white space (spaces, tabs, ). This can be changed with the 'iskeyword' option.

A WORD consists of a sequence of non-blank characters, separated with white space. An empty line is also considered to be a word and a WORD.

The operators that can be used are:
  ~  switch case
  d  delete
  c  change
  y  yank
  >  shift right 
  <  shift left 
  !  filter through external command 
  =  filter through 'equalprg' option command 
  gq  format lines to 'textwidth' length 

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Daniel Gryniewicz / dang@fprintf.net