My personal cheat sheet for Vim
Verb + Modifier + Noun
i # insert before the cursor (insert)
I # insert at the beginning of the line
a # insert after the cursor (append)
A # insert at the end of the line
o # open a new line below the current line (open)
O # open a new line above the current line
C # delete rest of the line from the cursor position and enter insert mode
s # delete character under the cursor and enter insert mode (substitute)
S # delete current line and enter insert mode
Esc # exit insert mode
- Standard Verbs:
d # delete something (delete)
y # copy something (yank)
c # delete something and enter insert mode (change)
v # visually select (visual)
- Single Character Verbs:
dd # delete a line (delete)
D # delete to the end of the line from the cursor
yy # copy a line (yank)
p # paste after cursor (paste)
P # paste before cursor
x # delete character under cursor (delete)
X # delete character left of cursor (backspace)
r # replace character under cursor with another character (replace)
R # replace character under cursor with multiple characters
J # join line below to the current one
u # undo
Ctrl + r # redo
i # inside
a # around
NUM # number (e.g: 1,2,3)
t # searches for a character forward and stops before it (till)
T # searches for a character backward and stops before it
f # searches for a character forward and lands on it (find)
F # searches for a character backward and lands on it
/ # search upto the next match
- Motions:
h # move to one character left
j # move to one row down
k # move to one row up
l # move to one character right
w # move to the beginning of the next word
b # move to the beginning of the previous word
W # move to the beginning of the next word after a white space
B # move to the beginning of the previous word before a white space
e # move to the end of the next word
E # move to the end of the word after whitespace
0 # move to the start of the line
$ # move to the end of the line
) # move to next sentence
( # move to previous sentence
} # move to next paragraph
{ # move to previous paragraph
% # move to the matching parenthesis
H # move cursor to top of the screen (High)
M # move cursor to middle of the screen (Middle)
L # move cursor to bottom of the screen (Low)
gg # move to the first line of the document
G # move to the last line of the document
- Text Objects:
w # word
s # sentence
p # paragraph
" # double quoted string
' # single quoted string
` # back quoted string
t # HTML tag block
) or b # parenthesized block
} or B # brace block
] # bracketed block
> # single tag
zz # scroll the screen so the cursor is at the middle
zb # scroll the screen so the cursor is at the bottom
zt # scroll the screen so the cursor is at the top
Ctrl + b # move back one full screen
Ctrl + f # move forward one full screen
Ctrl + d # move forward 1/2 a screen
Ctrl + u # move back 1/2 a screen
Ctrl + e # scroll the screen up
Ctrl + y # scroll the screen down
/pattern # search for pattern
?pattern # search backward for pattern
n # next search result
N # previous search result
:noh # remove highlighting of search matches
:w # save the file, but don't exit (write)
:w !sudo tee % # save out the current file using sudo
:wq or :x or ZZ # save and quit
:q # quit (fails if there are unsaved changes)
:q! or ZQ # quit and throw away unsaved changes
- Always try to avoid Visual Mode
- Difference between
dwanddaw: The difference is in the allowed cursor position. For example, to delete a word using dw the cursor must be at the start of the word, any other position would delete only part of the word; however, daw allows the cursor to be at any position in the word.