General |
[count][command][motion] - General formation of commands |
Text Objects |
iw - inside a word |
aw - around a word |
ip - inside a paragraph |
aw - around a paragraph |
i{ - inside a {} block or [] () '' "" `` |
a{ - around a {} block or [] () '' "" `` |
Files |
:e file - edit file |
:e! - re-edit, dischard changes |
:e + file - edit file, starting at end of file |
:e +# - edit file, starting at line # |
:e # - edit alternate file (?) |
:w [file] - write file (current file if no name given) |
:w! file - overwrite file |
:w >>file - append file (current file if no name given) |
:23,45w snippet.txt - Write the contents of the lines numbered 23 through 45 to a new file named snippet.txt
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:r file - read file after line |
:r !program - read program output |
:f or ^G - show file name, total number of lines and percentage location within file |
:q or :q! - quit or quit without saving |
:x or ZZ - Save (if there are changes) and quit
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ZQ - Quit without checking for changes |
Editing |
i or I - insert before cursor or before the first non-blank in the line |
a or A - append text after cursor or end of line |
o or O - enter insert mode but insert line after current one or before current line |
r[char] - replace single character with letter [char] |
[#]r[char] - replace number of characters [#] with character [char]. Example: 3rf |
R - enter replace mode |
s - delete character under cursor and go into insert mode |
x or X - delete character under cursor or before cursor |
c or #c - change a character or change three characters 3c |
cc or S or #cc or C - change/replace whole line cc/S or remove and change # lines starting from cursor or change/replace to end of lineC |
ciw - change word under cursor |
caw - change around word (including trailing space) |
cw - change word under cursor |
ci" - change inside "" |
d - delete |
dw or d#w - delete word or delete # of words |
diw - Delete inside word |
daw - Delete word and trailing space |
di" or di' or di) or di} - Delete inside double quotes, single quotes, parenthese, or curly braces |
dd or #dd - delete a line (and copy it to system register), delete # lines |
d$ or D - delete from cursor up to end of line |
:5,25d - delete lines 5-25
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:.m 12 - move current line after line 12 |
:5,7m 21 - move lines 5-7 after line 21 |
ddp or ddkP - move line down or move line up |
u or U - undo last change or restore (undo all changes to) current line |
:undolist - list your possible undo changes using u |
J - join current and below line with space in between |
gJ - join current and below line with no space between |
:78,83join - join range of lines together |
h or #h - Move one character to the the left or # characters to the left |
j or #j - Move one line down or # lines down. #j is very useful when :relativenumber is enabled |
k or #k - Move one line up or # lines up. #j is very useful when :relativenumber is enabled |
l or #l - Move one character to the right or # characters to the right |
ctrl-d or ctrl-u - Move down 1/2 page or move up 1/2 page |
ctrl-f or ctrl-b - Move down full page or move up full page |
H or M or L - Move to top H, middle M or bottom of screen L |
w or W - jump ahead to start of next word or space-separated Word |
e or E - jump ahead to end of next word or space-separated word |
b or B - jump backward to start of previous word |
gg or [[ or G or ]] or #G - Jump to 1st line of file gg or [[, last line of file G or ]], or #th-line of file |
g; or g, - Move back to previously / newer changed line (older/newer position in change list). Similar command as CTRL-O and CTRL-I (jump list) |
`` - Jump between the last two changed positions in change list |
#% - Move to the # % of file. 25% would move to the 25% percent of file |
#| - Move to # column in line |
[Enter] or + - Move to the next non-blank character on line |
- - move to the previous line at the first non-blank character |
:# - move to line # where # is a number. |
% - find matching ( ) or { |
/[chars] - search for a string below cursor |
?[chars] - search for a string above cursor |
n or N - search for next or previous search occurence using / or ?. Or keep hitting / or ? and [Enter] will do same thing |
( or ) or { or } - move to beginning or end of sentence or beginning/end of paragraph (or next blank line) |
0 or ^ or $ or g_ - go to beginning of line, start of first non-blank character in line (or underscore _), end of line, or last non-blank character in line |
f{char} or F{char} or t{char} or T{char} - jump to next f or previous F character, jump to next t or previous T character but behind one character |
, or ; - using f or t commands above, repeat in the command direction or previous direction |
zt zz zb - orient screen so line is at (top|center|bottom) of screen |
Marks |
:marks - list all marks in current file and all files. Text in blue will be marks for current buffer |
ma - create mark 'a' at current cursor location |
'a - jump to line of mark 'a' (first non-blank character of line) |
`a - jump to position, line, and column of mark 'a' |
d'a - delete from current line to line of mark 'a' |
d`a - delete from current current position to position of mark 'a' |
'' - jump back to line in current buffer where last jumped from |
Repeating Commands |
. or ctrl-r or #. - Repeat last command performed or repeat last command # times |
#{command} - Repeat command # times |
Searching for text |
:/search - search for 'search' |
:/search/d - search and delete the text that was found |
:/search/y - search and yank the text that was found |
:/search1/,/search2/d - search and delete lines with multiple patterns |
:%s/target/=@0/g - replace target with what is yanked |
:%s/search/replace/g - search and replace over whole file (%) |
:g/pattern/d - delete all lines with pattern |
:v/pattern/d - delete all lines that do not match pattern |
Visual Mode |
v - enter visual mode |
V - enter visual mode highlighting the current line |
viw - visually select word without spaces |
vaw - visually select word with trailing space |
vi[ - visully select inside next occurence of [ |
gv - reselect the last visual selection |
Moving Visually Selected Text |
:le 10 - takes the visually selected text and adds 10 spaces to the left of this selected text starting from beginning of line |
Copy, Cut and Paste / Registers |
yy or Y - Copy/Yank current line |
5yy - Copy/Yank current line and 5 lines below it |
y$ - Copy/yank from current cursor to end of line |
y^ - Copy/yank from current cursor to start of line |
yw - Copy/yank to the start of the next work |
:#y - copy/yank line number # |
:#copy or :#t. - copies the line specified and pastes it to the line below |
:-10t. - copy 10 lines above the current line and paste it below the current line |
:10,20t. - copy lines 10 to 20 and paste them below |
:t20 - copy the current line and paste it below line 20 |
p or P - paste before cursor or after cursor |
"ap - paste from register a |
"+p - paste from the system clipboard |
".p - paste from last inserted text |
"0-9p - paste from delete history |
"xy - yank into register x |
"xd - delete into register x |
:reg[isters] - list registers and their contents |
]p - paste line with right indent |
:.!program - replace line with program output
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Split Windows |
:sp[lit] [file] - split window horizontally opening [file] |
:vs[plit] [file] - split window vertically opening [file] |
Ctrl+ww - switch to other split window |
Ctrl+w[dir] - move to split window using direction ([dir] can be hjkl or arrow keys) |
Folds |
zf - create fold at cursor position |
zf{motion} OR {Visual}zf - create a fold. Example: zf#j - create a folder from cursor down # lines. zfgg - create fold from cursor to top of file. zfG - create fold from cursor to bottom of file |
zf/string - create a fold from the cursor position to the first instance of the search string |
zj or zk - move downwards or upwards |
zd or zD - delete fold marker under cursor (or recursively zD) |
za - toggle fold at cursor location |
zF - create a fold for [count] lines |
:{range}fo[ld] - create a fold for {range} |
zo or zO - open fold (zO) recursively |
zc or zC - close one fold under the cursor recursively |
za or zA - open or close a fold recursively (zA) |
zv - view cursor line |
zm or zM - increase folding: Subtract one from 'foldlevel' |
zr or zR - reduce folding: Add one to 'foldlevel'. zR Decreases foldlevel to zero and opens all folds |
zE - delete all folds |
:{range}foldo[pen][!] - open folds in {range}. [!] all folds are |
:{range}foldc[lose][!] - close folds in {range}. [!] all folds |
zn or zN - all folds will be open |
zi - invert 'foldenable' |
[z or ]z - move to the start or the end of the current open fold |
Tabs |
$ vim file1 file2 ... -p - Open each file in a tab |
:argdo tabe - Open all files in their own tab |
:tabnew [file] or :tabe[dit] [file] - Create a new tab [with file] |
:tabc[lose]- Close current tab |
:tab help tabs - create new help window about tabs in a new tab |
Ctrl-Shift-[Up/Dn]Rotate between tabs |
Ctrl-w TMove window to a new tab |
:args - Print the argument list |
:ls - List buffers |
:n - edit next file in buffer |
:p - edit previous file in buffer |
Links |
| Cheat sheet: sk3pp3r cheat-sheet-pdf |
:h index or vimhelp.org vim index |
| vim TOC |
| I Read The Entire Neovim User Manual - TJ DeVries |