Concise VIM Cheatsheet - based off of the Shortcutfoo Dojo

• Beginner Text Navigation
  • k - Move up one line
  • j - Move down one line
  • h - Move left one character
  • l - Move right one character
  • e - Move to end of word
  • b - Move to beginning of word
  • $ - Move to end of line
  • 0 - Move to beginning of line
  • H - Move to first line of screen
  • M - Move to middle line of screen
  • L - Move to last line of screen
  • w - Move to next word
  • b - Move to previous word
• Beginner Text Editing
  • ce - Change rest of current word
  • dw - Delete word
  • i - Insert
  • I - Insert at start of line
  • a - Append
  • A - Append at end of line
  • o - Insert new line below
  • O - Insert new line above
  • r - Change char and return to cmd mode
  • R - Enter replace mode
  • ESC - Go to command mode
• Intermediate Text Navigation I
  • fw - Move to next 'w' on line
  • Fw - Move to previous 'w' on line
  • tw - Move before next 'w' on line
  • Tw - Move before previous 'w' on line
  • ; - Repeat last f, F, t, or T
  • , - Repeat last f, F, t, or T reversed
  • 5j - Move down 5 lines
  • 5k - Move up 5 lines
• Intermediate Text Navigation II
  • 5w - Move 5 words forward
  • 5b - Move 5 words backward
  • ctrl+e - Scroll down
  • ctrl+y - Scroll up
  • gg - Go to beginning of file
  • G - Go to end of file
  • 12G - Go to line 12
  • ctrl+f - Move forward one screen
  • ctrl+b - Move backward one screen
• Intermediate Text Editing I
  • yy - Yank (copy) line
  • y$ - Yank (copy) to end of line
  • ye - Yank (copy) to end of word
  • dd - Delete (cut) current line
  • 5dd - Delete 5 lines
  • d2w - Delete (cut) next two words
  • D - Delete (cut) to end of line (one char)
  • p - Paste
• Intermediate Text Editing II
  • P - Paste before cursor
  • u - Undo
  • U - Undo all changes to current line
  • ctrl+r - Redo
  • . - Repeat last change
  • 5. - Repeat last change 5 times
  • de - Delete (cut) to end of word
  • d$ - Delete (cut) to end of line
• Advanced Text Navigation
  • ^ - Move to first non whitespace char
  • 20| - Go to column 20
  • % - Go to matching parenthesis or bracket
  • ctrl+o - Move to older position
  • ctrl+i - Move to newer position
  • zt - Scroll current line to top of window
• Visual Mode
  • :w filename↵ - Write selection to 'filename'
  • v - Visual mode select characters
  • V - Visual mode highlight lines
  • ~ - Swap case
  • > - Shift right
  • < - Shift left
  • c - Change highlighted text
  • y - Yank (copy) highlighted text
  • d - Cut highlighted text
  • = - Re-indent selection
• Window Management
  • :e filename↵ - Set current buffer to 'filename'
  • :sp↵ - New window above
  • :vs↵ - New window to left
  • :q↵ - Close current window
  • :qa↵ - Close all windows
• File Management
  • :q!↵ - Quit without saving
  • :wq↵ - Save and exit
  • :x↵ - Save and exit if modified
  • :r filename↵ - Read and insert 'filename'
  • :r !cmd↵ - Execute and insert results of 'cmd'
  • :!rm filename↵ - Delete 'filename'
  • :e↵ - Open new file
  • ctrl+g - Show file info
  • ga - Show character info
  • :w↵ - Save changes
  • :q↵ - Quit
• Bookmarks
  • :marks↵ - Show bookmarks
  • ma - Mark position 'a'
  • `a - Go to bookmark position 'a'
  • `` - Go to previous position
• Replace
  • :s/foo/bar↵ - Replace first 'foo' with 'bar' on line
  • :s/foo/bar/g↵ - Replace all 'foo' with 'bar' on line
  • :%s/foo/bar/g↵ - Replace all 'foo' with 'bar' in file
  • :%s/foo/bar↵ - Replace first 'foo' with 'bar' on every line
  • :s/foo/bar/gc↵ - Confirm replace all 'foo' with 'bar' on line
  • :s/foo/bar/i↵ - Ignore case replace first 'foo' with 'bar'
  • rx - Replace current char with 'x'
  • :%s/foo/bar/gc↵ - Confirm replace all 'foo' with 'bar' in file
  • :2,9s/foo/bar/g↵ - Replace all 'foo' with 'bar' between lines 2 and 9
• Search
  • /foo↵ - Search forwards for 'foo'
  • ?foo↵ - Search backwards for 'foo'
  • n - Search next
  • N - Search previous
  • * - Search for current word forward
  • :set nois↵ - Turn off incremental search
  • :set ic↵ - Set ignore case
  • :set is↵ - Set incremental search
  • :set hls↵ - Set highlight matching phrases
• Misc
  • vim -t foo↵ - Start editing where foo is defined
  • :help cmd↵ - Lookup 'cmd' in help
  • :make↵ - Run make
  • :!ls↵ - Execute 'ls' command
  • ctrl+p - Move autocomplete backward
  • ctrl+x - Move language autocomplete forward
  • ctrl+o - Move language autocomplete backward
  • K - Look up word in man pages
  • yw - Yank to beginning of next word