Vim Cheatsheet

i – Insert mode

Esc – Normal mode

v – Visual mode

V – Visual line mode

Ctrl+v – Visual block mode

: – Command-line mode

:w – Save

:q – Quit

:wq / :x – Save and quit

:q! – Quit without saving

:e file – Open file

:r file – Insert file contents

h j k l – Left / Down / Up / Right

w – Next word

b – Previous word

0 – Start of line

^ – First non-blank character

$ – End of line

gg – Top of file

G – Bottom of file

:n – Go to line n

i – Insert before cursor

a – Insert after cursor

o – New line below

O – New line above

x – Delete character

dd – Delete line

yy – Yank (copy) line

p – Paste after cursor

P – Paste before cursor

u – Undo

Ctrl+r – Redo

v – Start visual selection

y – Yank selection

d – Delete selection

> – Indent

< – Unindent

/text – Search forward

?text – Search backward

n – Next match

N – Previous match

:%s/old/new/g – Replace all

:%s/old/new/gc – Replace with confirmation

:ls – List buffers

:b n – Switch to buffer n

:bd – Delete buffer

:split – Horizontal split

:vsplit – Vertical split

Ctrl+w w – Switch window

Ctrl+w q – Close window

. – Repeat last command

ciw – Change inner word

di( – Delete inside parentheses

:%!cmd – Filter buffer through shell command

:set number – Show line numbers

:set relativenumber – Show relative line numbers