1 Navigation

Basic Motion

h j k l

Left, down, up, right

w

Start of next word

W

Next WORD (space-delim)

e

End of word

b

Back to start of word

B

Back to WORD start

Line & File

0

Start of line

^

First non-blank char

$

End of line

gg

First line of file

G

Last line of file

:42

Jump to line 42

42G

Same, line 42

1 Scroll & Jump

Scrolling

Ctrl+d

Down half page

Ctrl+u

Up half page

Ctrl+f

Forward one page

Ctrl+b

Back one page

zz

Center current line

zt

Current line to top

zb

Current line to bottom

Jumping

%

Matching bracket

*

Next match of word under cursor

#

Previous match of word

f{c}

Next {char} on line

F{c}

Previous {char} on line

;

Repeat f/F forward

,

Repeat f/F backward

2 Editing

Insert Mode

i

Insert before cursor

I

Insert at line start

a

Insert after cursor

A

Insert at line end

o

New line below

O

New line above

Esc

Back to normal mode

Deleting

x

Delete char under cursor

X

Delete char before cursor

dd

Cut entire line

dw

Delete to next word

d$

Delete to end of line

d0

Delete to start of line

D

Same as d$

2 Change & Repeat

Copy & Paste

yy

Yank (copy) line

yw

Yank word

y$

Yank to end of line

p

Paste after cursor

P

Paste before cursor

Change & Replace

r{c}

Replace one char

R

Enter replace mode

cw

Change word

cc

Change entire line

C

Change to end of line

s

Substitute character

S

Substitute entire line

Undo / Redo / Repeat

u

Undo last change

Ctrl+r

Redo

.

Repeat last edit

5dd

Delete 5 lines (count prefix)

3 Search & Replace

Searching

/pat

Search forward

?pat

Search backward

n

Next match

N

Previous match

:noh

Clear highlight

Replacing

:s/a/b

First on line

:s/a/b/g

All on line

:%s/a/b/g

All in file

:%s/a/b/gc

All, confirm each

:%s/a/b/gi

All, case-insensitive

4 Visual Mode

Selecting

v

Character selection

V

Line selection

Ctrl+v

Block (column) selection

gv

Re-select last selection

Acting on Selection

d

Delete selection

y

Yank selection

>

Indent right

<

Indent left

~

Toggle case

=

Auto-indent

5 Files

Save & Quit

:w

Save

:w file

Save as filename

:q

Quit (fail if unsaved)

:q!

Force quit

:wq

Save and quit

:x

Save+quit if modified

ZZ

Same as :x

ZQ

Same as :q!

File Management

:e file

Open file

:e!

Revert to saved

:r file

Insert file contents

:r !cmd

Insert shell output

:!cmd

Run shell command

6 Buffers & Tabs

Buffers

:ls

List buffers

:bn

Next buffer

:bp

Previous buffer

:bd

Close buffer

:b3

Switch to buffer 3

Tabs

:tabnew

Open new tab

:tabn

Next tab

:tabp

Previous tab

:tabclose

Close tab

gt

Next tab (normal)

gT

Previous tab (normal)

7 Windows & Splits

Creating Splits

:sp

Horizontal split

:vsp

Vertical split

:sp file

H-split + open file

:vsp file

V-split + open file

Navigating Splits

Ctrl+w h

Move to left split

Ctrl+w j

Move down

Ctrl+w k

Move up

Ctrl+w l

Move to right split

Ctrl+w w

Cycle splits

Ctrl+w q

Close split

Ctrl+w =

Equalize sizes

8 Macros & Registers

Macros

qa

Record into register 'a'

q

Stop recording

@a

Play macro 'a'

@@

Replay last macro

10@a

Run macro 'a' 10 times

Registers

:reg

Show all registers

"ay

Yank into register 'a'

"ap

Paste from register 'a'

"+y

Yank to system clipboard

"+p

Paste from system clipboard

9 Text Objects

Inner (contents only)

ciw

Change inner word

ci"

Inside double quotes

ci'

Inside single quotes

ci(

Inside parentheses

ci{

Inside curly braces

ci[

Inside square brackets

cit

Inside HTML/XML tags

Around (include delimiters)

daw

Around word (incl. space)

da"

Around double quotes

da(

Around parentheses

yiw

Yank inner word

vi{

V-select inside braces

vip

V-select inner paragraph

dis

Delete inner sentence

Modes

Esc

Normal, navigate & operate

i / a

Insert, type text

v / V

Visual, select text

Ctrl+v

Visual Block, column edit

:

Command-line, ex commands

R

Replace, overwrite text

Power Combos

gg=G

Auto-indent entire file

ggVG

Select entire file

ci"

Replace inside quotes

5dd

Delete 5 lines

c3w

Change next 3 words

>}

Indent paragraph

g~~

Toggle case of line

:%!sort

Sort entire buffer

Ctrl+a

Increment number under cursor

Ctrl+x

Decrement number under cursor