Window motions
CTRL d — Scroll down (half a screen)
CTRL — Scroll up (half a screen)
CTRL f — Page forward
CTRL b — Page backward
/string — Search forward
?string — Search backward
n — Repeat search
N — Repeat search reverse
G — Go to last line
nG — Go to line n
:n — Go to line n
CTRL l — Redraw screen
CTRL g — File information
Cursor motions
H — Upper left corner (home)
M — Middle line
L — Lower left corner
h — Back a character
j — Down a line
k — Up a line
g[k|j] — Vertical line traverse
^ — Beginning of line
$ — End of line
l — Forward a character
w — Forward one word
b — Back one word
fc — Find c
; — Repeat find (find next c)
Input commands (end with ESC)
a — Append after cursor
i — Insert before cursor
o — Open line below
O — Open line above
:r file — Insert file after current line
Changes during insert mode
CTRL h — Back one character
CTRL w — Back one word
CRTL u — Back to beginning of insert
Move text from file old to file new
vi old “a10yy — Yank 10 lines to buffer a
:w — Write work buffer
:enew — Edit new file
“ap — Put text from a after cursor
Deletion commands
dd — Delete line
ndd — Delete n lines to general buffer
dw — Delete word to general buffer
ndw — Delete n words
d) — Delete to end of sentence
db — Delete previous word
D — Delete to end of line
x — Delete character
Recovering deletions
p — Put general buffer after cursor
P — Put general buffer before cursor
Change commands
s — Substitute (ESC) – 1 char with string
cw — Change word (ESC)
cc — Change line (ESC) – blanks line
c$ — Change to end of line
rc — Replace character with c
R/td> — Replace (ESC) – typeover
. — Repeat last change
Undo commands
u — Undo last change
U — Undo all changes on line
Rearrangement commands
yy or Y — Yank (copy) line to general buffer
“z6yy — Yank 6 lines to buffer z
yw — Yank word to general buffer
“a9dd — Delete 9 lines to buffer a
“A9dd — Delete 9 lines; append to buffer a
“ap — Put text from buffer a after cursor
p — Put general buffer after cursor
P — Put general buffer before cursor
J — Join lines
File management commands
:w name — Write edit buffer to file name
:wq — Write to file and quit
:q! — Quit without saving changes
ZZ — Same as :wq
:sh — Execute shell commands ( CTRL d)
Parameters
:set list — Show invisible characters
:set nolist — Don’t show invisible characters
:set number — Show line numbers
:set nonumber — Don’t show line numbers
:syn on / off — Turn on / off syntax highlighting
Tricks
%s/string1/string2/g — Global search and replace
%s/string1/string2/gc — Global replace with confirm
^N or ^P — Autocomplete from previously typed words
