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Intermediate Vim Cheat Sheet by

I've been using Vim for a more than a year. This is my collection of intermediate-level features I want to get more comfortable with!

Legend

special keys are surrounded by < >
e.g.: 
<CT­RL-­c>
= control-c
tokens are surrounded by { }
e.g.: 
{#}
= some number, 
{id}
= some id
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Navigation & Searching

next word
 
w
previous word
 
b
end of word
 
e
forward one screen
 
<CT­RL-­f>
back one screen
 
<CT­RL-­b>
forward half screen
 
<CT­RL-­d>
back half screen
 
<CT­RL-­u>
search for word under cursor
 
#

Files

Always set working directory to current file
 
set autochdir
File explorer
 
:e .
OS file explorer
 
:browse e
name of current file
 
:echo @%
Search for file in hierarchy and open it
 
:tabe **/{file}
Set working directory to current file
 
:lcd %:p:h
Save file with no eol
 
:set binary :set noeol
 

Editing

open new line for insert above cursor
 
o
open new line for insert below cursor
 
O
change current word
 
cw
change entire line
 
cc
change rest of line
 
C
replace current character
 
r
replace all text until <ES­C> is typed
 
R
swap characters
 
xp
delete forward
 
x
delete backward
 
X
delete to the end of the line
 
D
delete forward one word
 
dw
deletes # lines
 
{#}dd
toggle case
 
~
toggle case of word
 
g~iw
delete blank lines
 
:g/^$/d
delete trailing white space
 
:%s/\s­\+$//
delete all extra white space between words
 
:s/\s\+/ /g
insert chars # times
 
<CT­RL-­o>{­#}{­cha­rs}­<ES­C>

Selecting & Copying

match braces
 
%
select all
 
gg"+yG
copy forward one word
 
yw
copy from cursor to the end of line
 
y$
copy # lines
 
{#}yy
 

Tabs and Windows

split window and load another file
 
:split {file}
move cursor to another window
 
<CT­RL-­w> <CT­RL-­w>
maximize current window
 
<CT­RL-­w>_
make all equal size
 
<CT­RL-­w>=
close all other windows
 
<CT­RL-­w>o
or 
:only
next tab | prev tab
 
gt
| 
gT

Registers & Buffers

show name and contents of registers
 
:reg
paste what's in register a
 
"{a}p
yank selection into register a
 
"{a}y
record into register a (q again to stop)
 
q{a}
execute register a
 
@{a}
repeat last one
 
@@
List buffers
 
:ls
or 
:buffers
Display buffer by id
 
:b{id}
Next and prev buffer
 
:bnext
and 
:bprev
Delete buffer by id
 
:bd{id}
(append ! to discard changes)

Surrou­nd.vim

change surrou­ndings
 
cs{fro­m_c­har­}{t­o_char}
delete surrou­ndings
 
ds{char}
surround word
 
ysiw{char}
surround line
 
yss{char}
               
 

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  • Published: 24th February, 2015
  • Last Updated: 10th May, 2016
  • Rated: 5 out of 5 stars based on 1 ratings

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