CTRL-O Move to previous cursor position
CTRL-I Move to next cursor position
ma Add a marker on current line with name "a"
'a Move to line marked "a"
Note: Mark with uppercase are global e.g. mA
di( Delete inside () - recursive
da( Delete inside () along with braces - recursive
dt; Delete till next ";'
df; Delete till next ";" along with ";"
dT; Delete till prev ";"
dF; Delete till prev ";" along with ";"
d3w Delete 3 words (w - start of word)
d3l Delete 3 characters (l - right arrow in vim)
d/<search_str> Delete till <search_str>. Works across lines
Note:
All the above movement commands works with "y" to yank (copy) or "c".
:h text-objects
:h fillchars
w jump by start of words (punctuation considered words)
W jump by words (spaces separate words)
e jump to end of words (punctuation considered words)
E jump to end of words (no punctuation)
0 (zero) start of line
i start insert mode at cursor
I insert at the beginning of the line
a append after the cursor
A append at the end of the line
o open (append) blank line below current line (no need to return)
O open blank line above current line
Esc exit insert mode
C delete from cursor position to end of the line
:E edit a file in a new buffer
:sp open a file in a new buffer and split window
Ctrl+ws split windows
Ctrl+ww switch cursor between windows
Ctrl+wq quit a window
Ctrl+w gf Edit existing file under cursor in new tabpage
Ctrl+w f Edit existing file under cursor in split window
gf Edit existing file under cursor in same window
Ctrl+wv split windows vertically
:%s/old/new/g replace all old with new throughout file
:%s/old/new/gc replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations
n repeat search in same direction
N repeat search in opposite direction
/pattern search for pattern
:w write (save) the file, but don’t exit
:wq write (save) and quit
:w! force write to a read only file
:q! force quit and throw away changes
yy yank (copy) a line
2yy yank 2 lines
dd delete (cut) a line
p put (paste) the clipboard after cursor
P put (paste) before cursor
dw delete (cut) the current word
yw yank word
~ switch case
Ctrl+v start visual block mode
u undo
. repeat last command
r replace a single character (does not use insert mode)
R replace characters till Esc is pressed
J join line below to the current one
:tabnew open new tab
:tabnew % open same file in new tab