Disclaimer: This cheatsheet is summarized from personal experience and other online tutorials. It should not be considered as an official advice.
:help keyword # open help for keyword
:o file # open file
:saveas file # save file as
:close # close current paneh # move cursor left, left of the bump on the keyboard
j # move cursor down, opposite of jumping
k # move cursor up, kick someone, they go down
l # move cursor right, is right even tho its left
H # move to top of screen, HOP to the TOP
M # move to middle of screen, M iddle
L # move to bottom of screen, L ow
w # jump forwards to the start of a word, word!
W # jump forwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation), Word after . is capital
e # jump forwards to the end of a word, e like end
E # jump forwards to the end of a word (words can contain punctuation), End efter . is capital
b # jump backwards to the start of a word, beginning
B # jump backwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation), Beginning after . is capital
0 # jump to the start of the line, programmers start to count at 0
^ # jump to the first non-blank character of the line, ^ is before the 1 on the keyboard
$ # jump to the end of the line, in the end: payout $
g_ # jump to the last non-blank character of the line, g (eee) I forgot something
gg # go to the first line of the document, go, go! quickly to the top!
G # go to the last line of the document, Go to the end
5G # go to line 5
fx # jump to next occurrence of character x, find x
tx # jump to before next occurrence of character x, traverse x
} # jump to next paragraph (or function/block, when editing code), wrap it!
{ # jump to previous paragraph (or function/block, when editing code), begin of wrap
zz # center cursor on screen, zzzooom to the middle
## Insert mode - inserting/appending text
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i # insert before the cursor, insert here!
I # insert at the beginning of the line, I want you to insert.
a # insert (append) after the cursor, append
A # insert (append) at the end of the line, At first append
o # append (open) a new line below the current line, of course theres more
O # append (open) a new line above the current line, Oh I forgot!
ea # insert (append) at the end of the word, easy append
Esc # exit insert mode, Escaper # replace a single character, r like replace
J # join line below to the current one, Join
cc # change (replace) entire line, adding your boss cc requires changes
cw # change (replace) to the start of the next word, change until word
ce # change (replace) to the end of the next word, change until end of word
cb # change (replace) to the start of the previous word, change until beginning
c0 # change (replace) to the start of the line, change until 0
c$ # change (replace) to the end of the line, change undil $
s # delete character and substitute text, substitute this
S # delete line and substitute text (same as cc), Sssssssss.... booom!
xp # transpose two letters (delete and paste),
. # repeat last command
u # undo
Ctrl + r # redov # start visual mode, mark lines, then do a command (like y-yank)
V # start linewise visual mode
o # move to other end of marked area
O # move to other corner of block
aw # mark a word
ab # a block with ()
aB # a block with {}
ib # inner block with ()
iB # inner block with {}
Esc # exit visual mode
Ctrl + v # start visual block mode> # shift text right
< # shift text left
y # yank (copy) marked text
d # delete marked text
~ # switch caseyy # yank (copy) a line
2yy # yank (copy) 2 lines
yw # yank (copy) the characters of the word from the cursor position to the start of the next word
y$ # yank (copy) to end of line
p # put (paste) the clipboard after cursor
P # put (paste) before cursor
dd # delete (cut) a line
2dd # delete (cut) 2 lines
dw # delete (cut) the characters of the word from the cursor position to the start of the next word
D # delete (cut) to the end of the line
d$ # delete (cut) to the end of the line
d^ # delete (cut) to the first non-blank character of the line
d0 # delete (cut) to the begining of the line
x # delete (cut) character/pattern # search for pattern
?pattern # search backward for pattern
\vpattern # 'very magic' pattern: non-alphanumeric characters are interpreted as special regex symbols (no escaping needed)
n # repeat search in same direction
N # repeat search in opposite direction
:%s/old/new/g # replace all old with new throughout file
:%s/old/new/gc # replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations
:noh # remove highlighting of search matches:vimgrep /pattern/ {file} # search for pattern in multiple files
:cn # jump to the next match
:cp # jump to the previous match
:copen # open a window containing the list of matches:w # write (save) the file, but don't exit
:w !sudo tee % # write out the current file using sudo
:wq or :x or ZZ # write (save) and quit
:q # quit (fails if there are unsaved changes)
:q! or ZQ # quit and throw away unsaved changes:e file # edit a file in a new buffer
:bnext or :bn # go to the next buffer
:bprev or :bp # go to the previous buffer
:bd # delete a buffer (close a file)
:ls # list all open buffers
:sp file # open a file in a new buffer and split window
:vsp file # open a file in a new buffer and vertically split window
Ctrl + ws # split window
Ctrl + ww # switch windows
Ctrl + wq # quit a window
Ctrl + wv # split window vertically
Ctrl + wh # move cursor to the left window (vertical split)
Ctrl + wl # move cursor to the right window (vertical split)
Ctrl + wj # move cursor to the window below (horizontal split)
Ctrl + wk # move cursor to the window above (horizontal split):tabnew or :tabnew file # open a file in a new tab
Ctrl + wT # move the current split window into its own tab
gt or :tabnext or :tabn # move to the next tab
gT or :tabprev or :tabp # move to the previous tab
<number>gt # move to tab <number>
:tabmove <number> # move current tab to the <number>th position (indexed from 0)
:tabclose or :tabc # close the current tab and all its windows
:tabonly or :tabo # close all tabs except for the current one
:tabdo command # run the command on all tabs (e.g. :tabdo q - closes all opened tabs)