Vim commands cheat sheet

little-cheatsheet.txt

NORMAL:
- dd           : cut line
- 10dd         : cut 10 lines
- daw          : cut word
- d2w          : cut two words
- %d           : cut all content
- y            : copy
- yy           : yank line
- 10yy         : copy 10 lines
- p            : paste after cursor
- P            : paste before cursor
- x            : delete after cursor
- X            : delete before cursor
- /            : search (n - next result, N - previous)
- u            : undo
- Ctrl+R       : redo
- Sex          : file explorer
- Ctrl+W,s     : create horizontal split
- sp           : create horizontal split
- Ctrl+W,v     : create vertical split
- vsp          : create vertical split
- Ctrl+W,arrow : move to split
- Ctrl+W,+     : resize pane by 1 row
- Ctrl+W,-     : resize pane by 1 row
- Ctrl+W,<     : resize pane by 1 column
- Ctrl+W,>     : resize pane by 1 column
- :resize +N   : resize split
- :resize -N   : resize split
- :ls          : list buffers
- :b N         : move to buffer
- w or W       : move one word forward
- b or B       : move one word backward
- 0            : reach the beginning of a line
- $            : reach the end of a line
- %            : match parentheses
- *            : next occurence of the word under cursor
- #            : previous occurence of the word under cursor
- zz           : scroll current line to the middle
- zt           : scroll current line to the top
- zb           : scroll current line to the bottom
- "{reg}y      : yank into register reg
- "{reg}p      : put the text from register reg after cursor
- "{reg}P      : put the text from register reg before cursor
- "+y          : copy to clipboard
- "+p          : paste from clipboard

- m{char}      : set mark
- `{char}      : jump to mark

- .            : repeat last command

COMMAND-LINE HISTORY
- q:           : open command-line window for commands
- q/           : open command-line window for searches
- Enter        : execute command
- twice C-c    : close the command line window


VISUAL:
- v      : visual mode per character
- V      : visual mode per line
- Ctrl+V : visual mode blockwise

- ~ : switch case
- d : delete
- y : yank
- > : shift right(10>)
- < : shift left(10<)
- = : reindent selection
- U : make uppercase
- u : make lowercase
- I : insert before block
- A : insert after block
- o : go to start of the highlighted text
- O : go to end of the highlighted text
- r : replace

- aw : select word with white space
- iw : select word
- as : select sentence with white space
- is : select sentence
- ap : select paragraph with white space
- ip : select paragraph
- ab : select () block with parenthesis
- ib : select inner () block
- aB : select {} block with braces
- iB : select inner {} block
- at : select <tag></tag> block with tags
- it : select inner <tag></tag> block
- a< : select <> block with <>
- i< : select inner <> block
- a[ : select [] block with []
- i[ : select inner [] block
- a" : select quoted string with quotes
- i" : select inner double quoted string
- a' : select single quoted string with quotes
- i' : select inner single quoted string
- a` : select string with graves
- i` : select inner string


FIND AND REPLACE:
:[range]s/{pattern}/{string}/[flags] [count]

- range:
   * % - all text(%s/...)
   * S,E - range(%1,4s/...)
   * - within line(s/...)

- flags:
   * c - confirm each substitution
   * g - replace all occurences in the line
   * i - ignore case for the pattern
 
- count:
   * N - do substitution in N lines from the current line

 %s/pattern/str/g
 :s/pattern/str/g N