Vim Cheat Sheet

A simple cheat sheet to help you use Vim for more than i, esc and :wq.

A lightweight Vim configuration file .vimrc is included.

Commands

Key(s)	Action
`h`	left
`l`	right
`j`	down
`k`	up
`0`	go to start of line
`^`	go to first non-blank character of line
`$`	go to end of line
`gg`	go to first line
`G`	go to last line
`:5`	go to 5th line
`5G`	go to 5th line

Key(s)	Action
`i`	insert before the cursor
`I`	insert at the beginning of the line
`a`	append after the cursor
`A`	append at the end of the line
`o`	open a new line below the current line
`O`	open a new line above the current line
`r`	replace a character
`cw`	change a word
`cc`	change a line
`esc`	exit from insert mode

Key(s)	Action
`yy`	yank (copy) a line
`5yy`	yank 5 lines
`yw`	yank a word from the cursor position
`yiw`	yank inner word (no spaces)
`x`	delete (cut) a character
`dd`	delete a line
`5dd`	delete 5 lines
`dw`	delete a word
`p`	paste after cursor
`P`	paste before cursor

Key(s)	Action
`/pattern`	forward search for pattern
`n`	repeat last serach
`N`	repeat last search in opposite direction
`:noh`	shut off highlighted search results until next search
`:%s/old/new/`	replace on the current line
`:%s/old/new/g`	replace globally throughout the document

Key(s)	Actions
`:w`	write (save)
`:wq`	write and quit (close)
`:wq!`	force write and quit
`:q`	quit
`:q!`	force quit without saving changes