vim

Vim Cheat Sheet

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📍 Basic Cursor Movements

Command	Action	Description
k	Move up	Moves the cursor one line up.
j	Move down	Moves the cursor one line down.
h	Move left	Moves the cursor one character to the left.
l	Move right	Moves the cursor one character to the right.
e	Jump to word end	Moves the cursor to the end of the current or next word.
b	Jump to word start	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current or previous word.
$	Jump to line end	Moves the cursor to the end of the current line.
0	Jump to line start	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.
H	Move to top of screen	Moves the cursor to the first visible line on the screen.
M	Move to middle of screen	Moves the cursor to the middle visible line on the screen.
L	Move to bottom of screen	Moves the cursor to the last visible line on the screen.
w	Jump to next word start	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word.

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✏️ Editing Basics

Command	Action	Description
i	Insert mode	Enters insert mode to type at the current cursor position.
I	Insert at start of line	Enters insert mode at the beginning of the current line.
a	Append mode	Enters insert mode to type after the current cursor position.
A	Append to line end	Enters insert mode at the end of the current line.
o	Insert new line below	Creates a new line below the current line and enters insert mode.
O	Insert new line above	Creates a new line above the current line and enters insert mode.
r	Replace single character	Replaces the character under the cursor with the next typed character.
R	Replace mode	Enters overwrite mode to replace multiple characters.
esc	Exit insert mode	Exits insert or replace mode and returns to normal mode.

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🚀 Advanced Cursor Navigation

Command	Action	Description
fw	Search next w	Moves the cursor to the next occurrence of the character w on the current line.
Fw	Search previous w	Moves the cursor to the previous occurrence of the character w.
tw	Jump before next w	Moves the cursor just before the next occurrence of w on the line.
Tw	Jump before previous w	Moves the cursor just before the previous occurrence of w.
;	Repeat last search	Repeats the last f, F, t, or T command.
,	Reverse last search	Repeats the last f, F, t, or T command in the opposite direction.
5j	Move down 5 lines	Moves the cursor 5 lines down.
5k	Move up 5 lines	Moves the cursor 5 lines up.

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✂️ Advanced Text Editing

Command	Action	Description
yy	Yank line	Copies the entire current line.
y$	Yank to line end	Copies from the cursor position to the end of the line.
ye	Yank to word end	Copies from the cursor position to the end of the word.
dd	Delete current line	Deletes the entire current line.
5dd	Delete 5 lines	Deletes the next 5 lines starting from the current line.
d2w	Delete 2 words	Deletes the next two words starting from the cursor position.
D	Delete to line end	Deletes from the current cursor position to the end of the line.
p	Paste below	Pastes the yanked or deleted content after the current line.
P	Paste above	Pastes the yanked or deleted content before the current line.

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✂️ Vim Editing Shortcuts ⌨

Shortcut	Action
P	Paste before cursor
u	Undo
U	Undo all changes to current line
^r	Redo
.	Repeat last change
5.	Repeat last change 5 times
de	Delete (cut) to end of word
d$	Delete (cut) to end of line

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🔄 Vim Navigation Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
^	Move to first non-whitespace char
20|	Go to column 20
%	Go to matching parenthesis or bracket
^o	Move to older position
^i	Move to newer position
zt	Scroll current line to top of window

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✍️ Vim Editing Commands

Shortcut	Action
:w filename	Write selection to ‘filename’
v	Visual mode select characters
V	Visual mode highlight lines
`	Swap case
>	Shift right
<	Shift left
c	Change highlighted text
y	Yank (copy) highlighted text
d	Cut highlighted text
=	Re-indent selection

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🖥️ Vim Window Management Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
:e filename	Set current buffer to ‘filename’
:sp	New window above
:vs	New window to left
:q	Close current window
:qa	Close all windows

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💾 Vim Save & File Operations

Shortcut	Action
:q!	Quit without saving
:wq	Save and exit
:x	Save and exit if modified
:r filename	Read and insert ‘filename’
:r !cmd	Execute and insert results of ‘cmd’
:!rm filename	Delete ‘filename’
:e	Open new file
^g	Show file info
ga	Show character info
:w	Save changes
:q	Quit

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📍 Vim Bookmarks & Position Navigation

Shortcut	Action
:marks	Show bookmarks
ma	Mark position ‘a’
`a	Go to bookmark position ‘a’
``	Go to previous position

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🔍 Vim Search & Replace Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
:s/foo/bar	Replace first ‘foo’ with ‘bar’ on line
:s/foo/bar/g	Replace all ‘foo’ with ‘bar’ on line
:%s/foo/bar/g	Replace all ‘foo’ with ‘bar’ in file
:%s/foo/bar	Replace first ‘foo’ with ‘bar’ on every line
:s/foo/bar/gc	Confirm replace all ‘foo’ with ‘bar’ on line
:s/foo/bar/i	Ignore case replace first ‘foo’ with ‘bar’
rx	Replace current char with ‘x’
:%s/foo/bar/gc	Confirm replace all ‘foo’ with ‘bar’ in file
:2,9s/foo/bar/g	Replace all ‘foo’ with ‘bar’ between lines 2 and 9

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🔎 Vim Search Commands & Options

Shortcut	Action
/foo	Search forwards for ‘foo’
?foo	Search backwards for ‘foo’
n	Search next
N	Search previous
*	Search for current word forward
:set nois	Turn off incremental search
:set ic	Set ignore case
:set is	Set incremental search
:set hls	Set highlight matching phrases

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🖥️ Vim Command Execution & Autocomplete Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
vim -t foo	Start editing where ‘foo’ is defined
:help cmd	Lookup ‘cmd’ in help
:make	Run make
:!ls	Execute ‘ls’ command
^p	Move autocomplete backward
^x	Move language autocomplete forward
^o	Move language autocomplete backward
K	Look up word in man pages
yw	Yank to beginning of next word

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