Vim cheat sheet

Cut an arbitraty selection of text :

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     d/foo
     d?foo
     "by/foo
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:.,+21g/foo/d means "delete any lines containing the string "foo" from the current one through the next 21 lines"

:.,$v/bar/d means "from here to the end of the file, delete any lines which DON'T contain the string "bar."

:% g/foo/m$ ... and all the "foo" lines will have been moved to the end of the file.

:% g/^ /-1j (for every matching line, go up one line and join them)

:% g/foo/s/bar/zzz/g -- for every line containing "foo" substitute all "bar" with "zzz."

:'a,'bg/foo/j to join any line containing the string foo to its subsequent line, if it lies between the lines between the 'a' and 'b' marks.

Files

Command	Description
:wq :x	write and quit
:w filename	write a copy of the file you are editing as filename
:q!	quit without saving even if changes were made!
:help	display help
`<Tab>`	use tab completion to scroll through commands that start with what you typed

Move horizontally

Command	Description
0 $	beginning or end of line
w W	next word or WORD
I	edit before the first word on the line
A	edit after the last word on the line
e E	next or previous end of word or WORD
b B	previous word or WORD
( )	beginning of previous or next sentence
{ }	beginning of previous or next paragraph
f[char] F[char]	put the cursor at the next or previous occurence of char
t[char] T[char]	put the cursor right before the next or previous char occurence
; ,	repeat `f,F,t,T` in different direction
%	jump to matching bracket { } [ ] ( )

Move vertically

Command	Description
gg	first line
.	jump to last modification line
G	last line
nG :n	jump to line n
nG	n'th line of file
H M L	top, middle or low of screen
[[ ]]	nex or previous function
Ctrl-O ' '	last cursor position
Ctrl-I	next cursor position
g; g,	jump to previous or next edits
# *	search word under cursor
g# g*	search last or first occurence
g; g,	jump to previous or next edits
gd gD	local, global definition of symbol under cursor

Scroll

Command	Description
z. zt zb	cursor to the center, top or bottom of the screen
Ctrl-U Ctrl-D	half-page up or down
Ctrl-B Ctrl F	Page up or down
Ctrl-Y Ctrl-E	view pane up or down

Copy and paste

Command	Description
yy	yank current line (say "first line").
Y	yank line from current position to the end
P	paste before cursor
yiw	yank inner word (copy word under cursor, say "first")
viwp	select "second", then replace it with what is yanked
Vp	select current line", then replace it with yanked line.
y{number}{h j k l}	yank with movement

Substitude

Change enters insert mode after deleting. Delete stays in normal mode after deleting.

Command	Description
cm	change text of movement command m
D C	delete or change till the end of the line
cc S	delete all text on line and start inserting in it's place
dnG cnG	delete or change from current position to line n
dt[char] ct[char]	delete or change till next char
dw cw	delete or change word
d} d) c} c)	delete or change from current to next sentence or paragraph
di{ di( da{ da( ci{ ci( ca{ ca(	delete or change everything inside or around sentence or paragraph

Delete, copy and paste in register

Command	Description
"np "ny	paste or yank the n line deleted
"[register]dd	delete it to register
"Add	delete it to the same register
"Ad	delete the entire range and append it to the same register
"[register]p "[register]P	paste the line from register a before of after the cursor
"+p (or "*p)	pastes the contents of the clipboard

Moving lines

Command	Description
:.m 12	move current line to after line 12
:5,7m 21	move lines 5, 6 and 7 to after line 21
:m 'a	move current line to after line with mark a
:m 'a-1	move current line to before line with mark a

Editing text

Command	Description
R	enter replace mode
u U	lowercase or upercase selection
guu gUU	lowercase or upercase line
CTRL-A,CTRL-X	increment, decrement next number on same line as the cursor
CTRL-W	messed up a word
CTRL-U	messed up a line
CTRL-O D	delete line in insert mode
CTRL-W	delete word before cursor
CTRL-U	delete all inserted character in current line
CTRL-D CTRL-T	shift left, right one shift width
CTRL-A	insert previously inserted text
m	shift left, right text of movement m
n<< n>>	shift n lines left, right

Visual block

Command	Description
v V ^V	start/stop highlighting characters, lines, block
o	exchange cursor position with start of highlighting
gv	start highlighting on previous visual area
aw as ap	select a word, a sentence, a paragraph
ab aB	select a block ( ), a block { }
shiftj shiftJ	join lines
Column + c	change character in column
YVR	replace all the line with a repeated char
> <	shift right or left

Ranges

Command	Description
.	The current line
$	last line in the document
%	All lines; equivalent to 1,$
7,$	From the seven line down
+2,$-3p	lines starting from two below the current line and up to the third to last line
:'a,'b	mark a to mark b, inclusive

Search and Replace

:[range]s/pattern/replacement[/flags...]

Command	Description
:%s/pattern/replacement/	Search pattern on each line, and, if found, replace with replacement
:s/hello.world/&*/	you can use the & symbol to put the matching patterns in the replacement string
:2,$s/^(.):(.):(.*)$/\2 \1 is \3 years old./	you may group parts of your pattern using ( and ), and then reference them by \1, \2, and so on

Global Actions

:[range]g/pattern/command

Command	Description
:g/^$/d	find all lines with nothing between their start and end and delete them

All Purpose Filters

:range!command

Command	Description
:3,8!sort	sort lines 3 to 8

Marks

Command	Description
ma	set local file mark a at current cursor location
mA	set global mark at current cursor location
'a	jump to line of mark a (first non-blank character in line)
`a	jump to position (line and column) of mark a
d'a	delete from current line to line of mark a
d`a	delete from current cursor position to position of mark a
c'a	change text from current line to line of mark a
y`a	yank text to unnamed buffer from cursor to position of mark a
:marks	list all the current marks
:marks	aB list marks a, B
m{char}	create a marker for a letter
'{char}	jump to the created marker for a letter
d'{char}	cut lines from the following location to the mark
y'{char}	yank lines from the following location to the mark

Special marks

Command	Description
`.	jump to position where last change occurred in current buffer
`"	jump to position where last exited current buffer
`0	jump to position in last file edited (when exited Vim)
`1	like `0 but the previous file (also` 2 etc)
''	jump back (to line in current buffer where jumped from)
	jump back (to position in current buffer where jumped from)
`[ or` ]	jump to beginning/end of previously changed or yanked text
`< or` >	jump to beginning/end of last visual selection

Normal range

Command	Description
:'<,'>	for every line in the visual block(press : while in visual mode)
norm	run in normal mode
@a	the macro recorded in a

Undo redo

u Ctrl

Command mode

Command	Description
:![shell command]	execute any command in the shell
:ny	copy line number n
:.tn	copy at line number n
:1,5tn+	copy range of lines first lines after line n
:1,5d	delete range of lines
:3,6m.	move range of lines below cursor
:6t.	copy line at current line
:78,83join	join range of lines together
:earlier 5s	go back in time

Pattern matching commands

Command	Description
/target ?target	Search next or previous target
n N	next or previous matching
* #	next or previous whole word under cursor

Search commands

Command	Description
:/search/d	search and delete line found
`:/search/y	search and yank line found
:/search1/,/search2/d	search and delete lines with multiple patterns
:%s/target/=@0/g	replace target with what is yanked
:g/href/d	delete all lines with pattern
:v/pattern/d	delete all lines that do not match a pattern.
:g/lines/z#.3	display context around pattern.
:g//	lines where the last search pattern is
qaq:g/pattern/y A	copy lines matching pattern to register 'a'.
:g/pattern/normal @q	run a macro on matching lines

Macros

Command	Description
q[register] q	record a macro to register
qA q	append to a macro in register A
@[register]	execute macro on register
@@`	execute macro again

View registers

Command	Description
:reg	view all registers
:reg [register]	view only what you have recorded into register
qqq	empties register q

Folding

Command	Description
:set foldmethod=manual	manually define folds
zf{motion} {Visual}zf	create a fold.
zF	create a fold for [count] lines
:{range}fo[ld]	create a fold for {range}
zd	delete one fold at the cursor.
zD	delete folds recursively
zE	eliminate all folds in the window.
zo zO	open fold recursively or not
zc zC	close one fold under the cursor recursively or not.
za zA	open or close recursively or not
zv	view cursor line
zm zM	fold more: Subtract one from 'foldlevel'.
zr zR	reduce folding: Add one to 'foldlevel'.
:{range}foldo[pen][!]	open folds in {range}. [!] all folds are
:{range}foldc[lose][!]	close folds in {range}. [!] all folds
zn zN	all folds will be open.
zi	invert 'foldenable'.
[z ]z	move to the start or the end of the current open fold.
zj zk	move downwards or upwards

Recursive macros

qqq qq <commands> @q q record a recursive macro in register q

Avoiding escape key

Ctrl-c  escape equivalent

Vim script

http://ricostacruz.com/cheatsheets/vimscript.html

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