Global Marks

 :help keyword - open help for keyword  :marks - list of marks

 :o file - open file  ma - set current position for mark A
 :saveas file - save file as  `a - jump to position of mark A
 :close - close current pane  y`a - yank text to position of mark A
 K - open man page for word under the
cursor
Macros
Cursor movement  qa - record macro a
 q - stop recording macro
 h - move cursor left  @a - run macro a
 j - move cursor down  @@ - rerun last run macro
 k - move cursor up
 l - move cursor right
 H - move to top of screen Cut and paste
 M - move to middle of screen
 L - move to bottom of screen  yy - yank (copy) a line
 w - jump forwards to the start of a word  2yy - yank (copy) 2 lines
 W - jump forwards to the start of a word  yw - yank (copy) the characters of the
(words can contain punctuation) word from the cursor position to the start
 e - jump forwards to the end of a word of the next word
 E - jump forwards to the end of a word  y$ - yank (copy) to end of line
(words can contain punctuation)  p - put (paste) the clipboard after cursor
 b - jump backwards to the start of a word  P - put (paste) before cursor
 B - jump backwards to the start of a word  dd - delete (cut) a line
(words can contain punctuation)  2dd - delete (cut) 2 lines
 % - move to matching character (default  dw - delete (cut) the characters of the
supported pairs: '()', '{}', '[]' - use :h word from the cursor position to the start
matchpairs in vim for more info)
of the next word
 0 - jump to the start of the line  D - delete (cut) to the end of the line
 ^ - jump to the first non-blank character  d$ - delete (cut) to the end of the line
of the line  x - delete (cut) character
 $ - jump to the end of the line
 g_ - jump to the last non-blank character
of the line Exiting
 gg - go to the first line of the document
 G - go to the last line of the document  :w - write (save) the file, but don't exit
 5G - go to line 5  :w !sudo tee % - write out the current file
 fx - jump to next occurrence of character x using sudo
 tx - jump to before next occurrence of  :wq or :x or ZZ - write (save) and quit
character x  :q - quit (fails if there are unsaved
 Fx - jump to previous occurence of changes)
character x  :q! or ZQ - quit and throw away unsaved
 Tx - jump to after previous occurence of changes
character x  :wqa - write (save) and quit on all tabs
 ; - repeat previous f, t, F or T movement
 , - repeat previous f, t, F or T movement,
backwards Search and replace
 } - jump to next paragraph (or
 function/block, when editing code)
 { - jump to previous paragraph (or  /pattern - search for pattern
function/block, when editing code)  ?pattern - search backward for pattern
 zz - center cursor on screen  \vpattern - 'very magic' pattern: non-
 Ctrl + b - move back one full screen alphanumeric characters are interpreted
 Ctrl + f - move forward one full screen as special regex symbols (no escaping
 Ctrl + d - move forward 1/2 a screen needed)
 Ctrl + u - move back 1/2 a screen  n - repeat search in same direction
 N - repeat search in opposite direction
 :%s/old/new/g - replace all old with new
Tip Prefix a cursor movement command with a
throughout file
number to repeat it. For example, 4jmoves down 4
 :%s/old/new/gc - replace all old with new
lines.
throughout file with confirmations
 :noh - remove highlighting of search
Insert mode - inserting/appending text matches

 i - insert before the cursor

 I - insert at the beginning of the line Search in multiple files
 a - insert (append) after the cursor
 A - insert (append) at the end of the line  :vimgrep /pattern/ {file} - search for
 o - append (open) a new line below the pattern in multiple files
current line
 O - append (open) a new line above the
e.g. :vimgrep /foo/ **/*
current line
 ea - insert (append) at the end of the word
 Esc - exit insert mode  :cn - jump to the next match
 :cp - jump to the previous match
 :copen - open a window containing the list
Editing of matches

 r - replace a single character

Working with multiple files
 J - join line below to the current one with
one space in between
 gJ - join line below to the current one  :e file - edit a file in a new buffer
without space in between  :bnext or :bn - go to the next buffer
 cc - change (replace) entire line  :bprev or :bp - go to the previous buffer
 cw - change (replace) to the end of the  :bd - delete a buffer (close a file)
word  :ls - list all open buffers
 c$ - change (replace) to the end of the line  :sp file - open a file in a new buffer and
 s - delete character and substitute text split window
 S - delete line and substitute text (same as  :vsp file - open a file in a new buffer and
cc) vertically split window
 xp - transpose two letters (delete and  Ctrl + ws - split window
paste)  Ctrl + ww - switch windows
 u - undo  Ctrl + wq - quit a window
 Ctrl + r - redo  Ctrl + wv - split window vertically
 . - repeat last command  Ctrl + wh - move cursor to the left window
(vertical split)
 Ctrl + wl - move cursor to the right
window (vertical split)
 Ctrl + wj - move cursor to the window
below (horizontal split)
 Ctrl + wk - move cursor to the window
above (horizontal split)