Vim Cheat Sheet

Vim is a free, open-source text editor that comes installed by default with most operating systems. This tool is one of the most popular and powerful text editors that has been the preferred choice of many programmers. Learning to use Vim effectively can be a challenge, as Vim contains a lot of commands, and memorizing each and every command could take time. Below, we have compiled some of the most used Vim commands into a cheat sheet that will be helpful for using this text editor.The following table contains the most common and useful Vim commands to know, along with the functionalities of each command.

Command	Function
File Management
:w	Write file to disk
Ctrl+g	Show file information
ga	Show character information
:q	Quit vi without saving file
:wq	Write file to disk and quit vi
:q!	Ignore warning and discard changes
:w filename	Save the file as filename
:r filename	Read and insert filename
Navigation
h	Move cursor left
l	Move cursor right
j	Move cursor down one line
2j	Move cursor down 2 lines
k	Move cursor up one line
2k	Move cursor up 2 lines
w	Jump to start of next word (punctuation considered words)
W	Jump to start of next word (spaces separate words)
e	Move to end of next word (punctuation considered words)
E	Move to end of next word (no punctuation)
b	Move backwards to start of current word
B	Move backwards to start of current word (no punctuation)
(	Move a sentence back
)	Move a sentence forward
{	Move a paragraph back
}	Move a paragraph forward
$	Move to end of line
^	Move to first non-blank character in line
0	Move to start of line
G	Move to last line of document
3G	Move to line 3
gg	Move to first line of document
:n	Go to line n in document
Ctrl+d	Scroll down half a screen
Ctrl+u	Scroll up half a screen
Ctrl+f	Page forward
Ctrl+b	Page backward
Switching Modes
i	Enter Insert mode
v	Enter Visual mode
Esc	Return to normal mode from Insert and Visual mode
Insert/Append Text
i	Insert text before current cursor location
I	Insert text at beginning of line
a	Append text after current cursor location
A	Append text at end of current line
o	Create new line for text below current cursor location
O	Create new line for text above current cursor location
ea	Insert (append) at end of current word
Search and Replace
/pattern	Search forward
?pattern	Search backward
*	Search forward for word under cursor
#	Search backward for word under cursor
r	Replace single character at cursor position
R	Replace characters starting at cursor position
cc	Replace entire line
:%s/search/replace/g	Replace every occurrence of search with replace.
:%s/search/replace/gc	Replace every occurrence of search with replace with confirmation
Cut, Copy and Paste
x	Cut character under current cursor location
X	Cut character before current cursor location
dw	Cut from current cursor location to next word
D	Cut from current cursor location to end of current line
dd	Cut entire current line
Y	Copy selected text
yy	Copy entire current line
p	Paste text after cursor
P	Paste text before cursor
Undo and Redo
u	Undo last change
Ctrl+r	Redo changes that were undone
Working with Multiple Files
:e filename	Edit file in a new buffer
:ls	List available buffers
:bn	Move to next buffer
:bp	Move to previous buffer
:bfirst	Move to first buffer
:blast	Move to last buffer
Ctrl+ws	Split windows
Ctrl+ww	Switch windows
Ctrl+wq	Quit window
Ctrl+wv	Split windows vertically
:tabnew	Create new tab
gt, :tabn,	Move to next tab
gT, :tabp	Move to previous tab
:tabfirst	Move to first tab
:tablast	Move to final tab
#gt	Move to tab number #
Set Line Number
:set number	Show line numbers
:set nonumber	Do not show line numbers
Visual Mode Commands
y	Copy selected text
d	Delete selected text
c	Delete selected text and enter Insert mode
>	Increase indent
<	Decrease indent
=	Fix indentation of current line
~	Change case

The cheat sheet above should fill you in on the most used Vim commands. Vim can be hard to use at first but mastering a few commands can help you to gain more productivity in text editing and coding.

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