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Vim quick manual (by @lilibasousa)
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| Topic | Shortcut | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Change mode | Esc | Exit edit mode | |
| Change mode | i | Entry edit mode inserting on current position | |
| Change mode | I | Entry edit mode inserting at the beginning of the line | |
| Change mode | a | Entry edit mode inserting after the current position | |
| Change mode | A | Entry edit mode inserting at the end of the line | |
| Change mode | o | Entry edit mode inserting a line below | |
| Change mode | O | Entry edit mode inserting a line above | |
| Navigation | :[0–9]+ | Go to line (e.g. :9 goes to line 9) | |
| Navigation | G | Go to the last line of the file | |
| Navigation | c-u | Page up | |
| Navigation | c-f | Page down | |
| Navigation | ^ or 0 | Go to beginning of line | |
| Navigation | $ | Go to end of line | |
| Navigation | w | Go to next word | |
| Navigation | b | Go to previous word | |
| Navigation | ) | Go to next sentence | |
| Edit | cw | Substitute a word | |
| Edit | c$ | Change everything until end of line | |
| Edit | ct<char> | Change everything until a character | |
| Edit | yy | Copy line | |
| Edit | yw | Copy word | |
| Edit | p | Paste after | |
| Edit | P | Paste before | |
| Edit | x | Delete a character | |
| Edit | dd | Delete line | |
| Edit | dw | Delete word | |
| Edit | d$ | Delete until end of line (EOL) | |
| Edit | dG | Delete until end of file (EOF) | |
| Edit | :g/<search_term>/<replace_term>/g | Global substitute | |
| Edit | :g/<search_term>/d | Delete all lines based on search term | |
| Search | /<search_term> | Find text after cursor | |
| Search | ?<search_term> | Find text before cursor | |
| Search | n or :/ | Find next | |
| Search | N or :? | Find previous | |
| Other | . | Repeat last operation | |
| Other | u | Undo an operation | |
| Other | :! <command> | Execute a command in terminal and return to vim | |
| Other | :%! <command> | Execute a command inside vim (e.g. :%! sort -u) | |
| Exit | :q | Quit (with nothing to save | |
| Exit | :q! | Quit without saving | |
| Exit | :x or :wq | Save and exit | |
| Exit | :n | Jump to next file | |
| Exit | :e | Open another file without exiting | |
| Exit | : <line1>,<line2> w <filename> | Save n lines from this file to another |
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