Vim Cheat Sheet

Esc

Return to normal mode

i

Insert before cursor

a

Insert after cursor (append)

I

Insert at beginning of line

A

Insert at end of line

o

Open new line below and insert

O

Open new line above and insert

v

Visual mode (character-wise)

V

Visual mode (line-wise)

Ctrl+v

Visual block mode (columns)

h j k l

Left, down, up, right

w

Next word start

b

Previous word start

e

End of current word

0

Start of line

^

First non-blank of line

$

End of line

gg

Top of file

G

Bottom of file

:42

Jump to line 42

42G

Jump to line 42 (alt)

Ctrl+d

Half page down

Ctrl+u

Half page up

Ctrl+f

Page down (forward)

Ctrl+b

Page up (back)

%

Matching bracket/paren

{  }

Previous/next paragraph

x

Delete character under cursor

X

Delete character before cursor

dd

Delete (cut) line

dw

Delete word

d$

Delete to end of line

D

Delete to end of line (alt)

yy

Yank (copy) line

yw

Yank word

p

Paste after cursor

P

Paste before cursor

u

Undo

Ctrl+r

Redo

r<char>

Replace single character

R

Replace mode (overtype)

cw

Change word (delete + insert)

cc

Change line

.

Repeat last change

>> <<

Indent / outdent line

J

Join line below with current

/pattern

Search forward

?pattern

Search backward

n

Next match

N

Previous match

*

Search word under cursor

:%s/old/new/g

Replace all in file

:%s/old/new/gc

Replace with confirmation

:s/old/new/g

Replace on current line

:noh

Clear search highlight

:w

Save file

:w filename

Save as

:q

Quit

:q!

Quit without saving

:wq or ZZ

Save and quit

:e filename

Open file

:bn :bp

Next / previous buffer

:ls

List open buffers

:bd

Close current buffer

:split :vsplit

Horizontal / vertical split

Ctrl+w w

Switch between splits

Ctrl+w q

Close current split