Vim Commands.pdf

Switch to command mode
Load file :e
Revert to last saved state :e!
Save changes :w
Save changes as file :w
WARNING: editing the old file, to edit the newly saved type :e afterwards
Quit if saved :q
Quit without saving :q!
Save and quit :wq
ZZ Save and quit
Repeat command c n-times
Undo u
Start highlighting v
Basic movement
Move cursor left h
Move cursor down j
Move cursor up k
Move cursor right l
Move cursor to next word w
Move cursor to previous word b
Move cursor to start of previous or current paragraph {
Move cursor to start of next paragraph }
Move cursor to start of previous or current sentence (
Move cursor to start of next sentence )
Move cursor to start of line ^
Move cursor to end of line $
Move down one screen Ctrl+F
Move up one screen Ctrl+B
Move down ½ screen Ctrl+D
Move up ½ screen Ctrl+U
Jump to corresponding bracket %
Jump to end of file G
Jump to line n G
Jump to start of file gg
Basic input
Insert at cursor position i
Insert at start of line I
Append after cursor position a
Append at end of line A
Start new line after current line o
Start new line before current line O
Indention
Indent in command mode >>
Exdent in command mode <<
Indent in insert mode Ctrl+T
Exdent in insert mode Ctrl+D
Basic editing
Copy from cursor to position equivalent to command c y
Copy line yy
Cut, like y d
Cut line dd
Cut to end of line D
Cut current character x
Cut to start of line X
Paste at cursor position p
Paste after cursor position P
Advanced editing
Inserts the content of file :r
Inserts the output of the shell command sys :r!
Abbreviation for insert mode :abbr
Map commands to a :map
Switches
Ignore case :set ic
Don't ignore case :set noic
AutoIndent :set ai
Don't AutoIndent :set noai
Syntax highlighting :syntax on/off
Switch UNIX/DOS linebreaking :set fileformat=unix/dos
Ranges
Lines 4 to 7 4,7
Line 4 and the 7 following lines 4;7
Line 4 up to the last line 4,$
Line 4 up to current cursor line 4,.
Current cursor line to line 2000.,2000
From three lines above current cursor position to four lines after current cursor position -3,+4
From four lines after current cursor position to three lines before last line +4,$-3
Search forward for text /text
Repeat last search forward /
Search backward for text?text
Repeat last search backward?
Repeat last search in last direction n
Repeat last search in opposite direction N
Regular Expression Replacing :s
Execute command c in every line containing text :g/text/
Execute command c in every line NOT containing text :g!/text/