VIM Cheat Sheet.md

VIM Cheat Sheet

Commands

• i Start insert mode at current position
• I Start insert mode beginning of line
• a Start insert mode after current position (append)
• A Start insert mode at end of line (append)
• d Delete
• dd Delete line
• c Change (deletes and drops into insert mode)
• cc Change line (deletes and drops into insert mode)
• y Yank (copy)
• yy Yank line (copy)
• p Paste

Motions

• h, j, k, l left, down, up, right
• 0 beginning of line
• ^,_ beginning of line (first non-whitespace char)
• $ end of line
• g__ end of line (last non-whitespace char)
• t<char> till character
• T<char> till character (backwards)
• f<char> find character
• F<char> find character (backwards)
• gg Start of file
• G End of file
• <number>gg Go to line
• Ctrl + e Move screen down one line (without moving cursor)
• Ctrl + y Move screen up one line (without moving cursor)
• Ctrl + b Move move up one screen (back)
• Ctrl + f Move move down one screen (forward)
• Ctrl + u Move move up 1/2 screen (up)
• Ctrl + d Move move down 1/2 screen (down)
• % Go to matching character (e.g. '()', '{}', '[]')

Text objects

• iw/aw inner/around word
• is/as inner/around sentence
• ip/ap inner/around paragraph
• it/at inner/around tag
• i<delimiter>/a<delimiter> inner/around delimiter ((, ", [, etc)

Search

• /<search> Search for ...
• n Select next occurrence
• N Select previous occurrence