Vim cheat sheet

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Motion

w - jump forwards to start of word e - jump forwards to end of word b - jump backwards to start of word ge - jump backwards to end of word

0 - jump to the start of the line $ - jump to the end of the line

10j - jump down 10 lines

{ / } - jump to prev / next paragraph

Command

fx - jump to next occurrence of x (including numbers) Fx - jump to prev occurrence of x ; - repeat prev movement , - repeat prev movement, backwards

zz - center cursor on screen

u - undo

:%s/x/y/g: Replace every instance of x with y

:wq: Exit and save

Visual

b - select everything in a block

vi" - jumps to and highlights next instance of "

v/foo - select from curr pos to next instance of foo

V - select whole line

Exiting

:w - write file (save)

:q - quit (must save changes first) :q! - quit without saving