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Cheatsheet for quick reference of vim commands

Exiting

Save changes
w
Close file
q
Save and close file
wq
Close file and abandon changes
q!

Editing

a
Append
A
Append from the end of the line
i
Insert (mode)
o
Next line
O
Previous line
s
Delete character and insert
S
Delete line and insert
C
Delete until end of line and insert
r
Replace one character
R
Enter replace mode
u
Undo changes
Ctrl+R
Redo changes

Clipboard

x
Delete character
dd
Cut line
yy
Yank line
p
Paste
P
Paste before
"+p
Paste from system clipboard
 

Navigating

Ctrl + U / Ctrl + D
Half page up/down
Ctrl + B / Ctrl + F
Page up

Navigating [words]

b / w
Previous / next word
ge / e
Preview / next end of word

Navigating [lines]

0
Start of line
$
End of line
^
Start of line after whitespace

Navigating [chara­cters]

fc
Go forward to character 'c'
Fc
Go backward to character 'c'

Navigating [document]

gg
First line
G
Last line
:n
Go to line 'n'

Navigating [window]

zz
Center this line
zt
Top this line
zb
Bottom this line
H
Move to top of the screen
M
Move to middle of the screen
L
Move to bottom of the screen

Navigating [search]

n
Next matching search pattern
N
Previous matching search pattern
*
Next whole word under cursor
#
Previous whole word under cursor
 

Visual mode operators

p
Paragraph
y
Yank copy
c
Delete and then insert
>
Right indent
<
Left indent
g~
Swap case
gU
Uppercase
gu
Lowercase

Deleting

dw
Delete to next word
db
Delete to beginning of word
2dd
Delete 2 lines
 

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