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vi cheat sheet
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Cursor movement | |
h - move left | |
j - move down | |
k - move up | |
l - move right | |
w - jump by start of words (punctuation considered words) | |
W - jump by words (spaces separate words) | |
e - jump to end of words (punctuation considered words) | |
E - jump to end of words (no punctuation) | |
b - jump backward by words (punctuation considered words) | |
B - jump backward by words (no punctuation) | |
0 - (zero) start of line | |
^ - first non-blank character of line | |
$ - end of line | |
G - Go To command (prefix with number - 5G goes to line 5) | |
Note: Prefix a cursor movement command with a number to repeat it. For example, 4j moves down 4 lines. | |
Insert Mode - Inserting/Appending text | |
i - start insert mode at cursor | |
I - insert at the beginning of the line | |
a - append after the cursor | |
A - append at the end of the line | |
o - open (append) blank line below current line (no need to press return) | |
O - open blank line above current line | |
ea - append at end of word | |
Esc - exit insert mode | |
Editing | |
r - replace a single character (does not use insert mode) | |
J - join line below to the current one | |
cc - change (replace) an entire line | |
cw - change (replace) to the end of word | |
c$ - change (replace) to the end of line | |
s - delete character at cursor and subsitute text | |
S - delete line at cursor and substitute text (same as cc) | |
xp - transpose two letters (delete and paste, technically) | |
u - undo | |
. - repeat last command | |
Marking text (visual mode) | |
v - start visual mode, mark lines, then do command (such as y-yank) | |
V - start Linewise visual mode | |
o - move to other end of marked area | |
Ctrl+v - start visual block mode | |
O - move to Other corner of block | |
aw - mark a word | |
ab - a () block (with braces) | |
aB - a {} block (with brackets) | |
ib - inner () block | |
iB - inner {} block | |
Esc - exit visual mode | |
Visual commands | |
> - shift right | |
< - shift left | |
y - yank (copy) marked text | |
d - delete marked text | |
~ - switch case | |
Cut and Paste | |
yy - yank (copy) a line | |
2yy - yank 2 lines | |
yw - yank words | |
y$ - yank to end of line | |
p - put (paste) the clipboard after cursor | |
P - put (paste) before cursor | |
dd - delete (cut) a line | |
dw - delete (cut) the current word | |
x - delete (cut) current character | |
Exiting | |
:w - write (save) the file, but don't exit | |
:wq - write (save) and quit | |
:q - quit (fails if anything has changed) | |
:q! - quit and throw away changes | |
Search/Replace | |
/pattern - search for pattern | |
?pattern - search backward for pattern | |
n - repeat search in same direction | |
N - 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 | |
Working with 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 |
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