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Vim Cheat Sheet

Navigation


End of the file: shift + g
Next line: j
Go down a defined number of lines: number + j
Skip to next word: w
Skip back a word: b
Skip to next section: W
Skip back to previous section: B
Go to end of the line: $
Go to beginning of the line: 0
Go to top of the screen: shift + h
Go to bottom of the screen: shift + l
Forward multiple words: 5w
Forward multiple letters: 5l
Back multiple letters: 5h
Forward to the next 'y': fy (case sensitive)

Editing


Undo: u
Redo: ctrl + r
Inserting text where the cursor is: i
Inserting text at the start of the line: I
Insert at the end of the line: A
Copy entire line: yy or Y
Paste copied line: p
Change letters: cl or 5cl
Change words: cw or 5cw

Deleting


d will delete current and left character
d$ will delete from current position to end of line
d^ will delete from current backward to first non-white-space character
d0 will delete from current backward to beginning of line
dw deletes current to end of current word (including trailing space)
db deletes current to beginning of current word
Delete current line: dd
Join the line below: shift + j
Delete entire word: cw
Delete to the end of the line: shift + C
Delete multiple lines: d + number of lines + enter
Delete from current position to a specific line number: dG
Deleting all items in a file that start with a pattern: :g/< search term>/d
Deleting all lines that are empty or that contain only whitespace: :g/^\s*$/d

Selecting


Select the entire line: V
Select a range of text: v
Select a column: control + v
Reselect a block: gv
Select all: ggVG

Find and Replace


%s/pattern/text to replace

Saving


Save the file: :w
Save the file and quit: :wq
Quit without saving: :q!

Views


Use horizontal split: :sp filename
Use vertical split: :vsp filename
Switch from top to bottom: control + w + j
Switch from left to right: control + w + l
Switch from bottom to top: control + w + j
Switch from right to left: control + w + h

Search


While on current line: f + 
Search for word in file: /word + enter
Find next search result: n
Search backwards: N
Go to first result: ggn
Go to last result: GN
To remove search highlighting: :noh

Modes


Normal
Insert
Visual
Replace
Command Line

Multiple Files


:e filename - Edit a file in a new buffer
:bnext (or :bn) - go to next buffer
:bprev (of :bp) - go to previous buffer
:bd - delete a buffer (close a file)
:sp filename - Open a file in a new buffer and split window
ctrl + ws - Split windows
ctrl + ww - switch between windows
ctrl + wq - Quit a window
ctrl + wv - Split windows vertically

Indenting


Fix indenting when pasting: set paste in .vimrc file
Indenting: visual mode + > or <
Repeat indenting: .

Commenting/Uncommenting


Comment: visual block select with CTRL-V then I# (insert # in the begining)
Uncomment: visual block select with CTRL-V then X (delete the first symbol on the line)

Visual Mode


Changing multiple lines of text: control + v + shift + i + action + esc
Select elements in paragraph: v + / + content

Display settings


Turning on line numbers: :set nu
Turning on syntax highlighting: :syntax on

Reseting Vim Settings

cd
mv .vimrc .vimrc-old
mv .vim .vim-old
touch .vimrc; mkdir .vim

Help


To get help: :h 
To exit help: :bd

Removing blocks of text in code files


c + i + t will remove the code between HTML tags, such as: <div>Some content</div>
c + i + } will remove the code inside of a JavaScript function