Vim Cheatsheet

Modes

Key	Mode	Description
`Esc`	Normal	Default mode for navigation and commands
`i`	Insert	Insert before cursor
`a`	Insert	Insert after cursor
`I`	Insert	Insert at beginning of line
`A`	Insert	Insert at end of line
`o`	Insert	Open new line below
`O`	Insert	Open new line above
`v`	Visual	Character-wise selection
`V`	Visual Line	Line-wise selection
`Ctrl+v`	Visual Block	Block selection
`:`	Command	Enter ex commands
`R`	Replace	Replace characters as you type

Key	Description
`h` `j` `k` `l`	Left, Down, Up, Right
`w`	Next word start
`W`	Next WORD start (whitespace-delimited)
`b`	Previous word start
`B`	Previous WORD start
`e`	Next word end
`E`	Next WORD end
`0`	Beginning of line
`^`	First non-blank character
`$`	End of line
`gg`	First line of file
`G`	Last line of file
`{n}G`	Go to line n
`{`	Previous paragraph
`}`	Next paragraph
`%`	Matching bracket
`Ctrl+d`	Half page down
`Ctrl+u`	Half page up
`Ctrl+f`	Full page down
`Ctrl+b`	Full page up
`H`	Top of screen
`M`	Middle of screen
`L`	Bottom of screen
`zz`	Center current line on screen

Key	Description
`x`	Delete character under cursor
`X`	Delete character before cursor
`dd`	Delete line
`D`	Delete to end of line
`dw`	Delete word
`d$`	Delete to end of line
`d0`	Delete to beginning of line
`cc`	Change entire line
`C`	Change to end of line
`cw`	Change word
`ci"`	Change inside quotes
`ca(`	Change around parentheses
`yy`	Yank (copy) line
`yw`	Yank word
`y$`	Yank to end of line
`p`	Paste after cursor
`P`	Paste before cursor
`u`	Undo
`Ctrl+r`	Redo
`.`	Repeat last command
`J`	Join line below to current
`~`	Toggle case
`>>`	Indent line
`<<`	Unindent line
`==`	Auto-indent line

Command	Description
`/pattern`	Search forward
`?pattern`	Search backward
`n`	Next match
`N`	Previous match
`*`	Search word under cursor (forward)
`#`	Search word under cursor (backward)
`:s/old/new/`	Replace first on current line
`:s/old/new/g`	Replace all on current line
`:%s/old/new/g`	Replace all in file
`:%s/old/new/gc`	Replace all with confirmation
`:noh`	Clear search highlighting

Command	Description
`qa`	Start recording macro into register `a`
`q`	Stop recording
`@a`	Play macro from register `a`
`@@`	Replay last macro
`10@a`	Play macro 10 times

Command	Description
`ma`	Set mark `a` at cursor
`a	Jump to mark `a` (exact position)
`'a`	Jump to mark `a` (line start)
`:marks`	List all marks
`.	Jump to last change
`` ``	Jump to position before last jump