Vim ShortcutFoo Cheat Sheet by BradRhodes

k

Move up one line

h

Move left one character

e

Move to end of word

$

Move to end of line

H

Move to first line of screen

L

Move to last line of screen

b

Move to previous word

ce

Change rest of current word

i

Insert

a

Append

o

Insert new line below

r

Change char and return to cmd mode

ESC

Go to command mode

fw

Move to next 'w' on line

tw

Move before next 'w' on line

;

Repeat last f, F, t, or T

5k

Move up 5 lines

5w

Move 5 words forward

ctrl+e

Scroll down

gg

Go to beginning of file

12G

Go to line 12

ctrl+b

Move backward one screen

yy

Yank (copy) line

ye

Yank (copy) to end of word

5dd

Delete 5 lines

D

Delete (cut) to end of line (one char)

P

Paste before cursor

U

Undo all changes to current line

.

Repeat last change

de

Delete (cut) to end of word

^

Move to first non-wh­ite­space char

ctrl+o

Move to older position

zt

Scroll current line to top of window

:w filename↵

Write selection to 'filename'

V

Visual mode highlight lines

>

Shift right

c

Change highli­ghted text

d

Cut highli­ghted text

:e filename↵

Set current buffer to 'filename'

:vs↵

New window to left

:qa↵

Close all windows

:q!↵

Quit without saving

:x↵

Save and exit if modified

:r !cmd↵

Execute and insert results of 'cmd'

:e↵

Open new file

ga

Show character info

:q↵

Quit

:marks↵

Show bookmarks

`a

Go to bookmark position 'a'

:s/foo­/bar↵

Replace first 'foo' with 'bar' on line

:%s/fo­o/b­ar/g↵

Replace all 'foo' with 'bar' in file

:s/foo­/ba­r/gc↵

Confirm replace all 'foo' with 'bar' on line

rx

Replace current char with 'x'

:2,9s/­foo­/bar/g↵

Replace all 'foo' with 'bar' between lines 2 and 9

/foo↵

Search forwards for 'foo'

n

Search next

*

Search for current word forward

:set ic↵

Set ignore case

:set hls

Set highlight matching phrases

vim -t foo↵

Start editing where foo is defined

:make↵

Run make

ctrl+n

Move autoco­mplete forward

ctrl+x

Move language autoco­mplete forward

K

Look up word in man pages

vim -t foo↵

Start editing where foo is defined

:make↵

Run make

ctrl+n

Move autoco­mplete forward

ctrl+x

Move language autoco­mplete forward

K

Look up word in man pages