Vim Cheatsheet

Reference:

Keys	Action
`h,j,k,l`	Equivalent to left, down, up and right arrow key
`C-f`	Forward one screen
`C-b`	Backward one screen
`gg`	To first line
`G`	To last line
`:<n>` `<n>gg`	Jump to line `<n>`
`w`	To beginning of next word
`b`	To beginning of previous word
`W`	To beginning of next space-delimited word
`B`	To beginning of previous space_delimited word
`e`	To end of current/next word
`E`	To end of current/next space-delimited word
`0`	To beginning of current line
`$`	To end of current line
`(`	To beginning of current/previous sentence
`)`	To beginning of next sentence
`f<c>`	To next character `<c>` on current line
`F<c>`	To previous character `<c>` on current line
`%`	To matching parenthesis `(){}`

Basic Edit Shortcuts

Keys	Action
`a`	Append after current character position
`cw`	Change current word
`C`	Change to end of current line
`cc`	Change whole of current line
`dd`	Delete current line
`dw`	Delete current word
`D`	Delete to end of current line
`:<x>,<y>d`	Delete lines `<x>` through `<y>`
`J`	Join line
`o`	Add a new line after current line and start edit mode
`O`	Add a new line before current line and start edit mode
`r<c>`	Replace current character with `<c>`
`R`	Replace many characters (overwrite mode)
`x`	Delete current character
`.`	Repeat last edit operation
`u`	Undo last change
`U`	Undo all changes on current line

Keys	Action
`v`	Enter visual mode to select by character
`V`	Enter visual mode to select by line
`y`	Yank selected text into copy buffer
`yy`	Yank current line contents into copy buffer
`p`	Paste text from copy buffer after current character position
`P`	Paste text from copy buffer at current character position
`d`	Delete selected text and insert into copy buffer

Keys	Action
`C-v`	Enter Visual Block mode to select by characters
`o`	Select opposite corner of text selection block to move
`c`	Change (replace) text in selected block
`d`	Delete text in selected block
`P`	Paste selected block at current position
`p`	Paste selected block after current position
`S-i`	Insert at position of selected block; Hit `Esc` to finalise edit
`S-a`	Append after position of selected block; Hit `Esc` to finalise edit

Keys	Action
`/<string>`	Search forward for `<string>`
`?<string>`	Search backward for `<string>`
`n`	Go to next match
`N`	Go to previous match
`*`	Search for next instance of current word
`#`	Search for previous instance of current word

Keys	Action
`:s/<pattern>/<string>/<flag>`	Replace `<pattern>` with `<string>` on current line
`:%s/<pattern>/<string>/<flag>`	Replace `<pattern>` with `<string>` throughout the file
`:g/<pattern>/d`	Search for all lines matching `<pattern>` and delete these lines
`:v/<pattern>/d`	Search for all lines not matching `<pattern>` and delete these lines

Flag	Action
`g`	Replace globally (all occurrences of `<patter>`)
`c`	Confirm before replacing

Keys	Action
`C-w v`	Split window vertically
`C-w s`	Split window horizontally
`C-w w`	Go to next window
`C-w <arrow key>`	Go to window in direction of arrow key
`:close`	Close current window
`C-w \|`	Maximise current window horizontally
`C-w _`	Maximise current window vertically
`C-w =`	Make all windows equal in size
`C-w {n} >`	Increase window width by `{n}` characters (default `{n}`=1)
`C-w {n} <`	Decrease window width by `{n}` characters (default `{n}`=1)
`C-w {n} +`	Increase window height by `{n}` characters (default `{n}`=1)
`C-w {n} -`	Decrease window height by `{n}` characters (default `{n}`=1)

Keys	Action
`:tabnew <file>`	Create `<file>` in new tab
`:tabedit <file>`	Open `<file>` in new tab
`gt`	Go to next tab
`gT`	Go to previous tab
`<n>gt`	Go to tab number `<n>`
`:tabfirst`	Go to first tab
`:tablast`	Go to last tab
`:tabs`	List all tabs
`:tabclose`	Close current tab
`:tabonly`	Close all tabs except current tab

Keys	Action
`:r ! <command>`	Read in output of `<command>` into new lines after current line
`:<n> ! <command>`	Replace line `<n>` with output from `<command>`
`:<m>,<n> ! <command>`	Replace contents of lines `<m>` through `<n>` with output of `<command>`
`:% ! <command>`	Replace contents of buffer with output of `<command>`
`:sh`	Temporary exit from Vim into a shell; Exit from shell to return to Vim

Keys	Action
`q<a>`	Start recording commands and keystrokes into register `<a>`
`<Esc>q`	Stop recording
`@<a>`	Playback macro in register `<a>`
`@@`	Playback last played macro