Basic VIM Cheat Sheet

    Paul Gurnig
    • April 2, 2022

    Basic VIM commands to get you started

    Adding Text

    ActionCommand
    Insert at current positioni
    Insert on character to the righta
    Enter Normal mode by pressing Esc.

    (You can get a bit more detail regarding the difference between these two here.)

    Saving

    For every command shown, begin with Esc + :

    ActionCommand
    Savew + Enter
    Save and quitwq + Enter
    Save and quitx + Enter
    Quit (ignore changes)q! + Enter
    Enter Normal mode by pressing Esc.

    Navigating

    ActionCommand
    Beginning of Documentgg
    End of DocumentShift+G
    Go to Line 3131 Shift+G
    Beginning of Line0
    End of Line$
    Ahead one wordw
    Ahead 5 words5 w
    Back one wordb
    Back 5 words5 b
    Enter Normal mode by pressing Esc.

    Editing

    ActionCommand
    Delete the current linedd
    Delete n lines
    To delete 3 lines total (the line you’re on, plus two below), type d, then “dd”.    		n dd
    Enter Normal mode by pressing Esc.
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