| description | command |
|---|---|
| open help for keyword | :h keyword |
| save file as | :sav file |
| close current pane | :clo |
| open a terminal window | :ter |
| open man page for word under the cursor | K |
| description | command |
|---|---|
| move cursor left | h |
| move cursor down | j |
| move cursor up | k |
| move cursor right | l |
| move to top of screen | H |
| move to middle of screen | M |
| move to bottom of screen | L |
| jump forwards to the start of a word | w |
| jump forwards to the end of a word | e |
| jump backwards to the start of a word | b |
| jump to the start of the line | 0 |
| jump to the end of the line | $ |
| go to the first line of the document | gg |
| go to the last line of the document | G |
| go to line 5 | 5gg |
| repeat previous f, t, F or T movement | ; |
| center cursor on screen | zz |
| move back one full screen | ctrl + b |
| move forward one full screen | ctrl + f |
| move forward 1/2 a screen | ctrl + d |
| move back 1/2 a screen | ctrl + u |
| jump to next occurrence of character x | fx |
| jump to before next occurrence of character x | tx |
| jump to previous occurence of character x | Fx |
| jump to the first non-blank character of the line | ^ |
| jump to after previous occurence of character x | Tx |
| move screen up one line (without moving cursor) | ctrl + y |
| repeat previous f, t, F or T movement, backwards | , |
| move screen down one line (without moving cursor) | ctrl + e |
| jump to the last non-blank character of the line | g_ |
| jump to next paragraph (or function/block, when editing code) | } |
| jump to previous paragraph (or function/block, when editing code) | { |
| jump forwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation) | W |
| jump forwards to the end of a word (words can contain punctuation) | E |
| jump backwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation) | B |
| move to matching character (default supported pairs: '()', '{}', '[]' - use :h matchpairs in vim for more info) | % |
| description | command |
|---|---|
| insert before the cursor | i |
| insert at the beginning of the line | I |
| insert (append) after the cursor | a |
| insert (append) at the end of the line | A |
| append (open) a new line below the current line | o |
| append (open) a new line above the current line | O |
| insert (append) at the end of the word | ea |
| delete the character before the cursor during insert mode | ctrl + h |
| delete word before the cursor during insert mode | ctrl + w |
| list of marks | :marks |
| set current position for mark A | ma |
| jump to position of mark A | `a |
| yank text to position of mark A | y`a |
| go to the position where Vim was previously exited | `0 |
| go to the position when last editing this file | `" |
| go to the position of the last change in this file | `. |
| go to the position before the last jump | `` |
| list of jumps | :ju |
| go to newer position in jump list | ctrl + i |
| go to older position in jump list | ctrl + o |
| list of changes | :changes |
| go to newer position in change list | g, |
| go to older position in change list | g; |
| jump to the tag under cursor | ctrl + ] |
| description | command |
|---|---|
| record macro a | qa |
| stop recording macro | q |
| run macro a | @a |
| rerun last run macro | @@ |
| description | command |
|---|---|
| yank (copy) a line | yy |
| yank (copy) 2 lines | 2yy |
| yank (copy) the characters of the word from the cursor position to the start of the next word | yw |
| yank (copy) to end of line | y$ |
| put (paste) the clipboard after cursor | p |
| put (paste) before cursor | P |
| start visual mode, mark lines, then do a command (like y-yank) | v |
| start linewise visual mode | V |
| move to other end of marked area | o |
| start visual block mode | ctrl + v |
| move to other corner of block | O |
| mark a word | aw |
| a block with () | ab |
| a block with {} | aB |
| a block with <> tags | at |
| inner block with () | ib |
| inner block with {} | iB |
| inner block with <> tags | it |
| exit visual mode | esc |
| description | command |
|---|---|
| shift text right | > |
| shift text left | < |
| yank (copy) marked text | y |
| delete marked text | d |
| switch case | ~ |
| change marked text to lowercase | u |
| change marked text to uppercase | U |
| description | command |
|---|---|
| show registers content | :reg |
| yank into register x | "xy |
| paste contents of register x | "xp |
| yank into the system clipboard register | "+y |
| paste from the system clipboard register | "+p |
| begin new line during insert mode | ctrl + j |
| indent (move right) line one shiftwidth during insert mode | ctrl + t |
| de-indent (move left) line one shiftwidth during insert mode | ctrl + d |
| insert (auto-complete) next match before the cursor during insert mode | ctrl + n |
| insert (auto-complete) previous match before the cursor during insert mode | ctrl + p |
| exit insert mode | esc |
| description | command |
|---|---|
| replace a single character | r |
| join line below to the current one with one space in between | J |
| join line below to the current one without space in between | gJ |
| reflow paragraph | gwip |
| switch case up to motion | g~ |
| change to lowercase up to motion | gu |
| change to uppercase up to motion | gU |
| change (replace) entire line | cc |
| change (replace) to the end of the line | C |
| change (replace) to the end of the line | c$ |
| change (replace) entire word | ciw |
| change (replace) to the end of the word | cw |
| delete character and substitute text | s |
| delete line and substitute text (same as cc) | S |
| transpose two letters (delete and paste) | xp |
| undo | u |
| restore (undo) last changed line | U |
| redo | ctrl + r |
| repeat last command | . |
| open all folds at the cursor | zO |
| close fold under the cursor | zc |
| reduce (open) all folds by one level | zr |
| open all folds | zR |
| fold more (close) all folds by one level | zm |
| close all open folds | zM |
| delete all folds | zE |
| toggle folding functionality | zi |
| move to start of open fold. | [z |
| move to end of open fold. | ]z |
| make all windows equal height & width | ctrl + w = |
| move cursor to the left window (vertical split) | ctrl + w h |
| move cursor to the right window (vertical split) | ctrl + w l |
| move cursor to the window below (horizontal split) | ctrl + w j |
| move cursor to the window above (horizontal split) | ctrl + w k |
| description | command |
|---|---|
| open a file in a new tab | :tabnew |
| move the current split window into its own tab | ctrl + w t |
| move to the next tab | gt |
| move to the previous tab | gT |
| move to tab number # | #gt |
| move current tab to the #th position (indexed from 0) | :tabm # |
| close the current tab and all its windows | :tabc |
| close all tabs except for the current one | :tabo |
| run the command on all tabs (e.g. :tabdo q - closes all opened tabs) | :tabdo command |
| description | command |
|---|---|
| jump to start of next change | ]c |
| jump to start of previous change | [c |
| obtain (get) difference (from other buffer) | do |
| put difference (to other buffer) | dp |
| make current window part of diff | :diffthis |
| update differences | :dif |
| switch off diff mode for current window | :diffo |
| description | command |
|---|---|
| manually define a fold up to motion | zf |
| delete fold under the cursor | zd |
| toggle fold under the cursor | za |
| open fold under the cursor | zo |
| repeat search in same direction | n |
| repeat search in opposite direction | N |
| replace all old with new throughout file | :%s/old/new/g |
| replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations | :%s/old/new/gc |
| remove highlighting of search matches | :noh |
| search for pattern 'foo' in all .js files in every sub-directory (recursively) | :vim /foo/ **/*.js |
| jump to the next match | :cn |
| jump to the previous match | :cp |
| open a window containing the list of matches | :cope |
| edit a file in a new buffer | :e file |
| go to the next buffer | :bn |
| go to the previous buffer | :bp |
| delete a buffer (close a file) | :bd |
| go to a buffer by # | :b# |
| go to a buffer by file | :b file |
| list all open buffers | :ls |
| open a file in a new buffer and split window | :sp file |
| open a file in a new buffer and vertically split window | :vs file |
| edit all buffers as vertical windows | :vert ba |
| edit all buffers as tabs | :tab ba |
| split window | ctrl + w s |
| split window vertically | ctrl + w v |
| switch windows | ctrl + w w |
| quit a window | ctrl + w q |
| exchange current window with next one | ctrl + w x |
| delete (cut) a line | dd |
| delete (cut) 2 lines | 2dd |
| delete (cut) the characters of the word from the cursor position to the start of the next word | dw |
| delete (cut) to the end of the line | D |
| delete (cut) to the end of the line | d$ |
| delete (cut) character | x |
| description | command |
|---|---|
| indent (move right) line one shiftwidth | >> |
| de-indent (move left) line one shiftwidth | << |
| indent a block with () or {} (cursor on brace) | >% |
| indent inner block with () | >ib |
| indent a block with <> tags | >at |
| re-indent 3 lines | 3== |
| re-indent a block with () or {} (cursor on brace) | =% |
| re-indent inner block with {} | =iB |
| re-indent entire buffer | gg=G |
| paste and adjust indent to current line | ]p |
| description | command |
|---|---|
| write (save) the file, but don't exit | :w |
| write out the current file using sudo | :w !sudo tee % |
| write (save) and quit | :wq |
| quit (fails if there are unsaved changes) | :q |
| quit and throw away unsaved changes | :q! |
| write (save) and quit on all tabs | :wqa |
| description | command |
|---|---|
| search for pattern | /pattern |
| search backward for pattern | ?pattern |
| search for 'very magic' pattern (auto-interpret non-alphanumeric chars as special regex symbols) | \vpattern |