Vim important cheat sheet

vim_imp_cheats.html

General

    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 (same as 0w)
    $ - end of line
    u - undo
    Ctrl+r - redo
    . - = Repeat last command
    :t.+ Enter = Duplicate Line
Exiting

    :w - write (save) the file, but don't exit
    :wq OR :x OR ZZ - write (save) and quit
    :q - quit (fails if anything has changed)
    :q! - quit and throw away changes

Search/Replace

    :12 - go to line number 12
    :set number - set line number in editor
    /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 (gn is better though)
    :%s/old/new/gc - replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations