Cursor Movement
Move left
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h
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Cursor Movement
Move down
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j
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Cursor Movement
Move up
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k
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Cursor Movement
Move right
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l
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Cursor Movement
Jump by start of words
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w
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Cursor Movement
Jump by words
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W
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Cursor Movement
Jump to end of words
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e
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Cursor Movement
Jump to end of words (no punctuation)
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E
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Cursor Movement
Jump backward by words (punctuation considered words)
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b
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Cursor Movement
Jump backward by words (no punctuation)
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B
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Cursor Movement
Start of line
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0
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Cursor Movement
First non-blank character of line
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^
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Cursor Movement
End of line
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$
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Cursor Movement
Go To command (prefix with number)
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G
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Cursor Movement
Start insert mode at cursor
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i
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Cursor Movement
Insert at the beginning of the line
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I
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Cursor Movement
Append after the cursor
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a
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Cursor Movement
Append at the end of the line
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A
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Cursor Movement
Open (append) blank line below current line (no need to press return)
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o
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Cursor Movement
Open blank line above current line
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O
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Cursor Movement
Append at end word
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ea
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Cursor Movement
Exit insert mode
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Esc
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Editing
Replace a single character (does not use insert mode)
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r
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Editing
Join line below to the current one
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J
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Editing
Change (replace) an entire line
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cc
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Editing
Change (replace) to the end of word
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cw
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Editing
Change (replace) to the end of line
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c$
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Editing
Delete character at cursor and subsitute text
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s
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Editing
Delete line at cursor and substitute text (same as cc)
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S
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Editing
Transpose two letters (delete and paste, technically)
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xp
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Editing
Undo
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u
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Editing
Repeat last command
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.
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Making text (Visual mode)
Start visual mode, mark lines, then do command (such as y-yank)
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v
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Making text (Visual mode)
Start Linewise visual mode
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V
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Making text (Visual mode)
Move to other end of marked area
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o
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Making text (Visual mode)
Start visual block mode
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Ctrl + v
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Making text (Visual mode)
Move to other corner of block
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O
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Making text (Visual mode)
Mark a word
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aw
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Making text (Visual mode)
A () block (with braces)
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ab
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Making text (Visual mode)
A {} block (with brackets)
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aB
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Making text (Visual mode)
Inner () block
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ib
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Making text (Visual mode)
Inner {} block
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iB
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Making text (Visual mode)
Exit visual mode
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Esc
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Visual commands
Shift right
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>
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Visual commands
Shift left
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<
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Visual commands
yank (copy)marked text
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y
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Visual commands
Delete marked text
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d
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Visual commands
Switch case
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~
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Cut and Paste
Yank (copy) a line
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yy
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Cut and Paste
Yank 2 lines
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2yy
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Cut and Paste
Yank word
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yw
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Cut and Paste
Yank to end of line
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y$
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Cut and Paste
Put (paste) the clipboard after cursor
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p
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Cut and Paste
Put (paste) before cursor
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P
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Cut and Paste
Delete (cut) a line
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dd
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Cut and Paste
Delete (cut) the current word
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dw
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Cut and Paste
Delete (cut) current character
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x
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Exiting
Write (save) the file, but don't exit
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:w
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Exiting
Write (save) and quit
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:wq
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Exiting
Quit (fails if anything has changed)
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:q
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Exiting
Quit and throw away changes
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:q!
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Search/Replace
Search for pattern
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/pattern
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Search/Replace
Search backward for pattern
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?patten
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Search/Replace
Repeat search in same direction
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n
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Search/Replace
Repeat search in opposite direction
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N
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Search/Replace
Replace all old with new throughout file
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:%s/old/new/g
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Search/Replace
Replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations
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:%s/old/new/gc
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Working with multiple files
Edit a file in a new buffer
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:e filename
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Working with multiple files
Go to next buffer
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:bnext
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Working with multiple files
Go to previous buffer
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:bprev
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Working with multiple files
Delete a buffer (close a file)
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:bd
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Working with multiple files
Open a file in a new buffer and split window
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:sp filename
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Working with multiple files
Split windows
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Ctrl + ws
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Working with multiple files
Switch between windows
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Ctrl + ww
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Working with multiple files
Quit a window
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Ctrl + wq
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Working with multiple files
Split windows vertically
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Ctrl + wv
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