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Printable Cheat Sheet for ShortcutFoo Vim
Beginner Text Navigation
k |
Move up one line |
j |
Move down one line |
h |
Move left one character |
l |
Move right one character |
e |
Move to end of word |
b |
Move to beginning of word |
$ |
Move to end of line |
O |
Move to beginning of line |
H |
Move to first line of screen |
M |
Move to middle line of screen |
L |
Move to last line of screen |
w |
Move to next word |
b |
Move to previous word |
Beginner Text Editing
ce |
Change rest of current word |
dw |
Delete word |
i |
Insert |
I |
Insert at start of line |
a |
Append |
A |
Append at end of line |
o |
Insert new line below |
O |
Insert new line above |
r |
Change char and return to cmd mode |
R |
Enter replace mode |
ESC |
Go to command mode |
Intermediate Text Navigation I
fw |
Move to next 'w' on line |
Fw |
Move to previous 'w' on line |
tw |
Move before next 'w' on line |
Tw |
Move before previous 'w' on line |
; |
Repeat last f, F, t, or T |
5j |
Move down 5 lines |
5k |
Move up 5 lines |
Intermediate Text Navigation II
5w |
Move 5 words forward |
5b |
Move 5 words backward |
ctrl+e |
Scroll down |
ctrl+y |
Scroll up |
gg |
Go to beginning of file |
G |
Go to end of file |
12G |
Go to line 12 |
ctrl+f |
Move forward one screen |
ctrl+b |
Move backward one screen |
Intermediate Text Editing I
yy |
Yank (copy) line |
y$ |
Yank (copy) to end of line |
ye |
Yank (copy) to end of word |
dd |
Delete (cut) current line |
5dd |
Delete 5 lines |
d2w |
Delete (cut) next 2 words |
D |
Delete (cut) to end of line (one char) |
p |
Paste |
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Intermediate Text Editing II
P |
Paste before cursor |
u |
Undo |
U |
Undo all changes to current line |
ctrl+r |
Redo |
. |
Repeat last change |
5. |
Repeat last change 5 times |
de |
Delete (cut) to end of word |
d$ |
Delete (cut) to end of line |
Advanced Text Navigation
^ |
Move to first non-whitespace char |
20| |
Go to column 20 |
ctrl+o |
Move to older position |
ctrl+i |
Move to newer position |
zt |
Scroll current line to top of window |
Visual Mode
:w filename↵ |
Write selection to 'filename' |
v |
Visual mode select characters |
V |
Visual mode highlight lines |
~ |
Swap case |
> |
Shift right |
< |
Shift left |
c |
Change highlighted text |
y |
Yank (copy) highlighted text |
d |
Cut highlighted text |
= |
Re-indent selection |
Window Management
:e filename↵ |
Set current buffer to 'filename' |
:sp↵ |
New window above |
:vs↵ |
New window to left |
:q↵ |
Close current window |
:qa↵ |
Close all windows |
File Management
:q!↵ |
Quit without saving |
:wq↵ |
Save and exit |
:x↵ |
Save and exit if modified |
:r filename↵ |
Read and insert 'filename' |
:r !cmd↵ |
Execute and insert results of 'cmd' |
:!rm filename↵ |
Delete 'filename' |
:e↵ |
Open new file |
ctrl+g |
Show file info |
ga |
Show character info |
:w↵ |
Save changes |
:q↵ |
Quit |
Bookmarks
:marks↵ |
Show bookmarks |
ma |
Mark position 'a' |
`a |
Go to bookmark position 'a' |
`` |
Go to previous position |
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Replace
:s/foo/bar↵ |
Replace first 'foo' with 'bar' on line |
:s/foo/bar/g↵ |
Replace all 'foo' with 'bar' on line |
:%s/foo/bar/g↵ |
Replace all 'foo' with 'bar' in file |
:%s/foo/bar↵ |
Replace first 'foo' with 'bar' on every line |
:s/foo/bar/gc↵ |
Confirm replace all 'foo' with 'bar' on line |
:s/foo/bar/i↵ |
Ignore case replace first 'foo' with 'bar' |
rx |
Replace current char with 'x' |
:%s/foo/bar/gc↵ |
Confirm replace all 'foo' with 'bar' in file |
:2,9s/foo/bar/g↵ |
Replace all 'foo' with 'bar' between lines 2 and 9 |
Search
/foo↵ |
Search forwards for 'foo' |
?foo↵ |
Search backwards for 'foo' |
n |
Search next |
N |
Search previous |
* |
Search for current word forward |
:set nois↵ |
Turn off incremental search |
:set ic↵ |
Set ignore case |
:set is↵ |
Set incremental search |
:set hls |
Set highlight matching phrases |
Misc
vim -t foo↵ |
Start editing where foo is defined |
:help cmd↵ |
Lookup 'cmd' in help |
:make↵ |
Run make |
:!ls↵ |
Run 'ls' command |
ctrl+n |
Move autocomplete forward |
ctrl+p |
Move autocomplete backward |
ctrl+x |
Move language autocomplete forward |
ctrl+o |
Move language autocomplete backward |
K |
Look up word in man pages |
yw |
Yank to beginning of next word |
Misc
vim -t foo↵ |
Start editing where foo is defined |
:help cmd↵ |
Lookup 'cmd' in help |
:make↵ |
Run make |
:!ls↵ |
Run 'ls' command |
ctrl+n |
Move autocomplete forward |
ctrl+p |
Move autocomplete backward |
ctrl+x |
Move language autocomplete forward |
ctrl+o |
Move language autocomplete backward |
K |
Look up word in man pages |
yw |
Yank to beginning of next word |
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