Vim Commands

Front 1

quit

Back 1

:q

Front 2

force quit

Back 2

:q!

Front 3

enter insert mode

Back 3

i

Front 4

save

Back 4

:w

Front 5

right one character

Back 5

l or right arrow

Front 6

left one character

Back 6

h or left arrow

Front 7

down one line

Back 7

j or down arrow

Front 8

up one line

Back 8

k or up arrow

Front 9

move to the beginning of the current line

Back 9

0

Front 10

move to the first non-whitespace on the current line

Back 10

^

Front 11

move to the end of the current line

Back 11

$

Front 12

move to the next word

Back 12

w

Front 13

move to the next word, ignoring punctuation

Back 13

W (shift-w)

Front 14

move to the previous word

Back 14

b

Front 15

move to the previous word, ignoring punctuation

Back 15

B (shift-b)

Front 16

move down one page

Back 16

ctrl-f or page down

Front 17

move up one page

Back 17

ctrl-b or page up

Front 18

go to the line number

Back 18

number-shift-g

number-G

Front 19

move to the last line of the file

Back 19

shift-g (G)

Front 20

undo

Back 20

u

Front 21

append text

Back 21

a

Front 22

insert line below current

Back 22

o

Front 23

insert line above current

Back 23

O (shift-o)

Front 24

delete current character

Back 24

x

Front 25

delete N characters

Back 25

Nx

Front 26

delete current line

Back 26

dd

Front 27

delete N lines

Back 27

Ndd

Front 28

delete to the next word

Back 28

dW

Front 29

delete to the end of the line

Back 29

d$

Front 30

deleted to the beginning of the line

Back 30

d0

Front 31

delete to the first non-whitespace character

Back 31

d^

Front 32

delete to the end of the file

Back 32

dG

Front 33

delete to the Nth line of the file

Back 33

dNG

Front 34

paste after cursor

Back 34

p

Front 35

paste before cursor

Back 35

P (shift-p)

Front 36

yank the current line

Back 36

yy

Front 37

yank N lines

Back 37

Nyy

Front 38

yank to the beginning of the word

Back 38

yW

Front 39

yank to the end of the line

Back 39

y$

Front 40

yank to the beginning of the line

Back 40

y0

Front 41

yank to the first non-whitespace character

Back 41

y^

Front 42

yank to the end of the file

Back 42

yG (shift-g)

Front 43

yank to the Nth line of the file

Back 43

yNG (shift-g)

Front 44

join lines

Back 44

J (shift-j)

Front 45

search for a character C within a line

Back 45

fC

Front 46

search forward

Back 46

/text

Front 47

search again

Back 47

n

Front 48

search and replace

Back 48

%s/find/replace/g

Front 49

search and replace with confirmation

Back 49

%s/find/replace/gc

Front 50

switch to the next file

Back 50

:n

Front 51

switch to the previous file

Back 51

:N

Front 52

view list of files

Back 52

:buffers

Front 53

switch to another file

Back 53

:buffer N

Front 54

edit another file

Back 54

:e <file name>

Front 55

insert file content

Back 55

:r <file name>

Front 56

save as

Back 56

:w <file name>