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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Latest comments (28)
To toggle the case=> `
This would be pretty useful to correct the typos.
To repeat the previous command=> .
i like very much vim , but i like more IDE . Jetbrains product and Xcode and i am feedup using FakeVim . so can i integrate Vim in these IDE
Yes. You can try the vim bindings plugins
delete to end of line is also
DDamn, it's a helluva confidence boost when you look at a cheatsheet and know EVERY SINGLE item
'u' for undo the last change and
'.' for repeat the last command are two commands I use most frequently despite :wq (write and quit)
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.
Left out one command I love, cw - or change word. Saves a lot of time.
ctrl-[is better thenctrl-ccuz that dose not trigger the |InsertLeave| autocommand event.I think I basically use only i a x / n dd : wq since years 😁
Thx for new tips 👍
Anytime
I have added a link to an interactive vim tutorial at the end of the post so anyone starting out with vim can try it out online
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
I'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).
BTW you can check openvim.com if you are starting out
Yeah. If you are doing things on console, you can see it's power
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
"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