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Vim Cheatsheet

Vim is a powerful text editor that has three main modes: normal mode for navigation and commands, insert mode for typing text, and visual mode for selecting text. Vim allows you to open, edit, save, and quit files. It provides shortcuts for navigating text such as moving to the beginning or end of lines, words, or the file. Vim also supports searching for text, replacing text, undoing/redoing changes, and comparing files.

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Vim Cheatsheet

Vim is a powerful text editor that has three main modes: normal mode for navigation and commands, insert mode for typing text, and visual mode for selecting text. Vim allows you to open, edit, save, and quit files. It provides shortcuts for navigating text such as moving to the beginning or end of lines, words, or the file. Vim also supports searching for text, replacing text, undoing/redoing changes, and comparing files.

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Vim Cheatsheet

Working With Files Editing


vim <filename> Open a file in Vim i Insert mode. Esc to normal mode.
:w Save a file o Insert new line below
:q Quit a file O Insert new line above
:wq Save and quit I Insert at beginning of line
:q! Quit without saving A Insert (append) at end of line
ZZ Save (if modified) and exit x Delete character
:w <filename> Save a copy as filename dd Delete line
2dd Delete two lines
Vim Modes 5x Delete 5 characters
Esc Normal mode. Default starting mode. dG Delete from cursor to end of file
i Insert mode. Esc to normal mode. d$ Delete from cursor to end of line
v Visual mode. Esc to normal mode. dgg Delete from cursor to beginning of file
: Command-line mode. Esc to normal mode. yy Yank (copy) a line

Navigating Visual Mode


Arrow keys Move around (or h,j,k,l---left, down, up, right) v Enter Visual mode
$ End of line Arrow keys Highlight text in Visual mode
0 Beginning of line (this is a ‘zero’, not an ‘o’) y Yank (copy) selection
Ctrl + u Half-page up c Change (cut) selection
Ctrl + d Half-page down d Delete selection
b Backwards a word p Paste selection. Esc to enter normal mode to paste.
w Forward a word Esc Enter normal mode
G Bottom of file
gg Top of file(or 1G) Build Efficiency
:set number Display line numbering u Undo (from normal mode)
:set nonumber Hide line numbering Ctrl + r Redo (from normal mode)
:5 Go to line 5 /searchterm Search for searchterm. Add \c for case insensitive.
n Next instance of searchterm
Vimdiff N Previous instance of searchterm
vimdiff <file1> <file2> Compare file1 (left) and file2 (right) :%s/replaceme/withme/g Replace "replaceme" with "withme" in the entire file
]c Go to next diff :%s/replaceme/withme/gc Replace "replaceme" with "withme" and prompt
[c Go to previous diff :set paste Disable auto-indent upon paste
dp Diff put :set nopaste Re-enable auto-indent upon paste
do Diff get ?searchterm Search backwards in file for searchterm
:diffupdate Rescan files for changes . Repeat last change
Ctrl + ww Switch between split windows

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