Vim Cheatsheet
| Contents |
|---|
| Generally helpful stuff |
| Navigating around text |
| Working with multiple files |
| Searching |
| Manipulating text |
| Visual Advanced selection |
| Working with NERDTree |
| Commands |
Generally helpful stuff
Open a file for editing :e path/to/file.txt
Return to Normal mode ESC or <CTRL>+C
Navigating around text
You have to be in Normal mode. Use ESC to get out of Visual, Replace, or Insert mode.
(left) h
(down) j
(up) k
(right) l
next word e
Jump to the first line gg
Jump to the last line G
Entering Text
Insert text before cursor i
Insert text after cursor a
Working with multiple files
Open a file in a horizontal split :sp path/to/file.txt
Open a file in a vertical split :vsp path/to/file.txt
Move to a split window page <CTRL>+w and a direction key (h, j, k, or l)
Move to next window pane <CTRL>w w
Make selected pane bigger CTRL>w + (yes, you need the shift key for the plus)
Make selected pane smaller <CTRL>w -
Searching
Search for a word /<word>
Go to next match n
Find and replace on line :s/<find>/<replace>
Find and replace globally :%s/<find>/<replace>//gc
Go to first quote, replace text in quotes: ci"
Manipulating text
cut the current line dd
copy the current line yy
paste below current line p
paste above current line P
Remove the character under cursor x
Remove the character before cursor X
Delete the word under cursor de
Delete to the end of the line d$
Remove five lines starting here 5dd
Copy five lines starting here 5yy
indent this line >>
indent five lines starting here 5>>
Replace mode (overtype) r
Visual Advanced selection
Visual mode v
Visual Line mode V
Visual Block mode <CTRL>v
Working with NERDTree
Open the NERDTree :NERDTree
Toggle the NERDTree on and off :NERDTreeToggle
Open selected file <ENTER>
Open selected file in horiz. split i
Open selected file in vert. split v
File menu m
Help ?
Commands:
Run a command :!<command>
Open a shell :sh
For interactive tutorial, try openvim.com
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Top comments (28)
"Delete the word under cursor" should be
diw,deonly works for the same purpose if you're already at the start of the word."Replace mode (overtype)" should be
R,rwill only let you change a single character.Your comment made me go back to Oualline's Vim Book to research this. I totally did not know about the
iandamotion commands! Great tip!cool
deis good for delete word from cursor to end. It is good for different purpose.I've been working with Vim for quite a while, but there's always something new to learn. Still to this day I'll hit a sequence of keys by mistake and something will happen that I've never seen before.
thats the beauty of vim
There is a catch with visual block mode. If you're running vim in a terminal that maps Ctrl+v to paste action, then Ctrl+v won't work for visual block mode in vim. However, vim also maps Ctrl+q to visual block mode in defaults. IMO, it's safer to memorize Ctrl+q as the key combination for visual block mode.
Unless your OS maps C-q to "quit application" :)
Cool. Haven't tried that one yet
I use vim very often and always hard time to remember all the commands , thanks for this cheat sheet brother
Anytime bro. It takes heck lot of time to get used to Vi , I myself find forgetting many commands , and whenever I do i visit this cheetsheet
Very good article!
Thanks for sharing
in Searching section, where you say:
Find and replace globally :%s/<find>/<replace>//gcI think you may mean
Find and replace globally :%s/<find>/<replace>/gcand maybe could comment that the final 'c' is for asking for confirmation on each replacement.
Thanks for your work and time.
To understand more about movements/navigation in vim I would recommend to read the section 03 in the Vim user manual, just execute:
I have also added a link to an interactive site
delete to end of line is also
DI've been using vim for few weeks, and it'getting natural and saves my time a lot! I like its clear rule, text object (sentence, paragraph, word, tag), or action (delete, copy, change).
Yeah. If you are doing things on console, you can see it's power
BTW you can check openvim.com if you are starting out
To toggle the case=> `
This would be pretty useful to correct the typos.
To repeat the previous command=> .
Damn, it's a helluva confidence boost when you look at a cheatsheet and know EVERY SINGLE item