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- Global
- Cursor Movements
- Insert Mode
- Editing
- Marking Text (Visual Mode)
- Visual Commands
- Registers
- Marks
- Macros
- Cut and Paste
- Exiting
- Search and Replace
- Search in Multiple Files
- Working With Multiple Files
- Tabs
:help keyword– open help for keyword:o file– open file:saveas file– save file as:close– close current window
h– move cursor leftj– move cursor downk– move cursor upl– move cursor rightH– move to top of screenM– move to middle of screenL– move to bottom of screenw– jump forwards to the start of a wordW– jump forwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation)e– jump forwards to the end of a wordE– jump forwards to the end of a word (words can contain punctuation)b– jump backwards to the start of a wordB– jump backwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation)0– jump to the start of the line^– jump to the first non-blank character of the line$– jump to the end of the lineg_– jump to the last non-blank character of the linegg– go to the first line of the documentG– go to the last line of the document5G– go to line 5fx– jump to next occurrence of character xtx– jump to before next occurrence of character x}– jump to next paragraph (or function/block, when editing code){– jump to previous paragraph (or function/block, when editing code)zz– center cursor on screenCtrl + b– move back one full screenCtrl + f– move forward one full screenCtrl + d– move forward 1/2 a screenCtrl + u– move back 1/2 a screen
Tip: Prefix a cursor movement command with a number to repeat it. For example, 4j moves down 4 lines.
i– insert before the cursorI– insert at the beginning of the linea– insert (append) after the cursorA– insert (append) at the end of the lineo– append (open) a new line below the current lineO– append (open) a new line above the current lineea– insert (append) at the end of the wordEsc– exit insert mode
r– replace a single characterJ– join line below to the current linecc– change (replace) entire linecw– change (replace) to the end of the wordc$– change (replace) to the end of the lines– delete character and substitute textS– delete line and substitute text (same as cc)xp– transpose two letters (delete and paste)u– undoCtrl + r– redo.– repeat last command
v– start visual mode, mark lines, then perform an operation (such as d-delete)V– start linewise visual modeCtrl + v– start blockwise visual modeo– move to the other end of marked areaO– move to other corner of blockaw– mark a wordab– a block with ()aB– a block with {}ib– inner block with ()iB– inner block with {}Esc– exit visual mode
>– shift text right<– shift text lefty– yank (copy) marked textd– delete marked text~– switch case
:reg– show registers content"xy– yank into register x"xp– paste contents of register x
Tip: Registers are being stored in ~/.viminfo, and will be loaded again on next restart of vim.
Tip: Register 0 contains always the value of the last yank command.
:marks– list of marksma– set current position for mark A`a– jump to position of mark Ay`a– yank text to position of mark A
qa– record macro aq– stop recording macro@a– run macro a@@– rerun last run macro
yy– yank (copy) a line2yy– yank (copy) 2 linesyw– yank (copy) the characters of the word from the cursor position to the start of the next wordy$– yank (copy) to end of linep– put (paste) the clipboard after cursorP– put (paste) before cursordd– delete (cut) a line2dd– delete (cut) 2 linesdw– delete (cut) the characters of the word from the cursor position to the start of the next wordD– delete (cut) to the end of the lined$– delete (cut) to the end of the linex– delete (cut) character
:w– write (save) the file, but don’t exit:w !sudo tee %– write out the current file using sudo:wq– write (save) and quit:x– write (save) and quitZZ– write (save) and quit:q– quit (fails if there are unsaved changes):q!- quit and throw away unsaved changesZQ– quit and throw away unsaved changes
/pattern– search for pattern?pattern– search backward for pattern\vpattern– ‘very magic’ pattern: non-alphanumeric characters are interpreted as special regex symbols (no escaping needed)n– repeat search in same directionN– repeat search in opposite direction:%s/old/new/g– replace all old with new throughout file:%s/old/new/gc– replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations:noh– remove highlighting of search matches
:vimgrep /pattern/ {file}– search for pattern in multiple files (e.g. :vimgrep /foo/ **/*):cn– jump to the next match:cp– jump to the previous match:copen– open a window containing the list of matches
:e file– edit a file in a new buffer:bnext– go to the next buffer:bn– go to the next buffer:bprev– go to the previous buffer:bp– go to the previous buffer:bd– delete a buffer (close a file):ls– list all open buffers:sp file– open a file in a new buffer and split window:vsp file– open a file in a new buffer and vertically split windowCtrl + ws– split windowCtrl + ww– switch windowsCtrl + wq– quit a windowCtrl + wv– split window verticallyCtrl + wh– move cursor to the left window (vertical split)Ctrl + wl– move cursor to the right window (vertical split)Ctrl + wj– move cursor to the window below (horizontal split)Ctrl + wk– move cursor to the window above (horizontal split)
:tabnewor:tabnew file– open a file in a new tabCtrl + wT– move the current split window into its own tabgt– move to the next tab:tabnext– move to the next tab:tabn– move to the next tabgT– move to the previous tab:tabprev– move to the previous tab:tabp– move to the previous tab#gt– move to tab number #:tabmove #– move current tab to the #th position (indexed from 0):tabcloseor:tabc– close the current tab and all its windows:tabonlyor:tabo– close all tabs except for the current one:tabdo command– run the command on all tabs (e.g.:tabdo q– closes all opened tabs)