Vim Cheat sheet

Basic Commands

Vim Command	Description
i	Enter insert mode
Esc	Enter command mode
x or Del	Delete a character
X	Delete character is backspace mode
u	Undo changes
Ctrl + r	Redo changes
yy	Copy a line
dd	Delete a line
p	Paste the content of the buffer
/<search_term>	Search and then cycle through matches with n and N
[[ or gg	Move to the beginning of a file
]] or G	Move to the end of a file
:%s/foo/bar/gci	Search and replace all occurrences with confirmation
Esc + :w	Save changes
Esc + :wq or Esc + ZZ	Save and quit Vim
Esc + :q!	Force quit Vim discarding all changes

Quit and Save

Vim Command	Description
:x	To Exit Vi and save changes
:q	To Exit Vi if there have been no changes
ZZ	Exit Vi in case of saving changes if any have been made
:q!	Exit and ignore any changes

Text Deletes Commands

Vim Command	Description
x	Delete character to the right of cursor
X	Delete character to the left of the cursor
D	Delete to the end of the line
dd	Delete current line
:d	Delete current line

Inserting Text Commands

Vim Command	Description
i	Insert before cursor
I	Insert before line
a	Append after cursor
A	Append after line
o	Open a new line after current line
O	Open a new line before current line
r	Replace one character
R	Replace many characters

Navigation commands

Vim Command	Description
h	Move left
j	Move down
k	Move up
l	Move right
w	Move to next word
W	Move to next blank delimited word
b	Move to the beginning of the word
B	Move to the beginning of blank delimted word
e	Move to the end of the word
E	Move to the end of Blank delimited word
(	Move a sentence back
)	Move a sentence forward
{	Move a paragraph back
}	Move a paragraph forward
0	Move to the begining of the line
$	Move to the end of the line
1G	Move to the first line of the file
G	Move to the last line of the file
nG	Move to nth line of the file
:n	Move to nth line of the file
fc	Move forward to c
Fc	Move back to c
H	Move to top of screen
M	Move to middle of the screen
L	Move to botton of screen
%	Move to associated ( ), { }, [ ]