Vim cheat sheet

Skipping some of the very basic commands, to use this cheat sheet you need atleast some vim knowledge.

;           # repeat last search done using f
,           # undo last search done using f
u           # undo last change
ctrl+r      # redo last change
:%s/t/r/g   # replace all 't' by 'r'
~           # change case
gu          # to lower case
gU          # to upper case
>           # shift right
<           # shift left
=           # auto indent
yt,         # yank until ,
yf,         # yank including ,
b           # beginning of previous word
w           # beginning of next word
e           # end of next word
o           # toggle the free end in visual mode

db          # delete from cursor to the beginning of word
dw          # delete from cursor to the end of word
daw         # delete word irrespective of cursor position
cw          # delete from current cursor pos. to the end of word -> insert mode
bcw         # move to word beginning + above
dap         # delete entire paragraph
viw         # visually select a word
vip         # visually select a paragraph
viw         # visually select a word
cis         # change current sentence

c           # change
C           # c$
s           # cl
S           # ^C
I           # ^i
a           # li
A           # $a
o           # A<enter>
O           # ko
>G          # increase the indentation from the current line until the end of the file e.g. >G j. 

In insert mode:
ctrl+h      # backspace
ctrl+w      # delete back one word
ctrl+u      # delete back start of line
ctrl+r 0    # paste yanked text 
ctrl+=      # evaluate the expression and insert the result, i.e, 1876*7676 

:3t.        # cp line 3 below current line
:3m.        # mv line 3 below current line
:t3         # cp current line below line 3
:m3         # mv current line below line 3
:t$         # cp current line to end of file
:m$         # mv current line to end of file
:t0         # cp current line to beginning of file
:t.         # yyp

v           # character visual mode
V           # line wise visual mode
ctrl+v      # block wise visual mode
ctrl+g      # switch between visual & select mode
gv          # reselect last visual selection
r:          # replace with ':' for the selection in visual mode, except select mode

Tips:
>G j. j. j. j.                    # one level indent from current line to the EOF, then next line repeat indentation 4 times         

gg=G                              # go to the top of file and auto indent to then EOF

* cw new_word ESC n . . . . .     # select all instances of the word, change it, find next and change if required

v b b o w                         # select visually, go back, change cursor position, go forward

ctrl+v 2je c (type anything) ESC  # block visually select and change word on all selected lines

ctrl+v 2j$ A (type anything) ESC  # block visually select and add something at the end of all selected lines

zf#j                              # creates a fold from the cursor down # lines.
zf/string                         # creates a fold from the cursor to string .
zj                                # moves the cursor to the next fold.
zk                                # moves the cursor to the previous fold.
zo                                # opens a fold at the cursor.
zO                                # opens all folds at the cursor.
zm                                # increases the foldlevel by one.
zM                                # closes all open folds.
zr                                # decreases the foldlevel by one.
zR                                # decreases the foldlevel to zero -- all folds will be open.
zd                                # deletes the fold at the cursor.
zE                                # deletes all folds.
[z                                # move to start of open fold.
]z                                # move to end of open fold.

vim -p  file1 file2 ... file_n    # open multiple files in tabs in one go
vim -o  file1 file2 ... file_n    # open multiple files in split windows -o for horizontal and -O vertical splits
                                  # http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/windows.html