LinuxCommandLibrary

VIM

File management

:e	reload file
:q	quit
:q!	quit without saving changes
:w	write file
:w {file}	write new file
:x	write file and exit

Navigation

k	up
h	left
l	right
j	down
w	next start of word
W	next start of whitespace-delimited word
e	next end of word
E	next end of whitespace-delimited word
b	previous start of word
B	previous start of whitespace-delimited word
0	start of line
$	end of line
gg	go to first line in file
G	go to end of file
gk	move down one displayed line
gj	move up one displayed line

Insertion

a	append after the cursor
A	append at the end of the line
i	insert before the cursor
I	insert at the beginning of the line
o	create a new line under the cursor
O	create a new line above the cursor
R	enter insert mode but replace instead of inserting chars
:r {file}	insert from file

Editing

u	undo
yy	yank (copy) a line
y{motion}	yank text that {motion} moves over
p	paste after cursor
P	paste before cursor
<Del> or x	delete a character
dd	delete a line
d{motion}	delete text that {motion} moves over

Search and replace

:s/foo/bar/	replace the first match of 'foo' with 'bar' on the current line only
:s/foo/bar/g	replace all matches (`g` flag) of 'foo' with 'bar' on the current line only
:%s/foo/bar/g	replace all matches of 'foo' with 'bar' in the entire file (`:%s`)
:%s/foo/bar/gc	ask to manually confirm (`c` flag) each replacement

Multiple windows

:e filename	edit another file
:split filename	split window and load another file
ctrl-w up arrow	move cursor up a window
ctrl-w ctrl-w	move cursor to another window (cycle)
ctrl-w_	maximize current window
ctrl-w=	make all equal size
10 ctrl-w+	increase window size by 10 lines
:vsplit file	vertical split
:sview file	same as split, but readonly
:hide	close current window
:only	keep only this window open
:ls	show current buffers
:b 2	open buffer #2 in this window