Vim Cheatsheet
MOVEMENT:
h- Move cursor left
j- Move cursor down
k- Move cursor up
l- Move cursor right
w- Move forward one word
b- Move backward one word
0- Move to beginning of line
$- Move to end of line
gg- Move to the beginning of the file
G- Move to the end of the file
{- Move to previous paragraph
}- Move to next paragraph
Ctrl + f- Page down
Ctrl + b- Page up
Ctrl + d- Half page down
Ctrl + u- Half page up
EDITING:
i- Insert text before the cursor
a- Append text after the cursor
A- Append text at the end of the line
o- Open a new line below the current line
O- Open a new line above the current line
x- Delete character under the cursor
dd- Delete current line
yy- Copy current line
p- Paste copied or deleted text after the cursor
P- Paste copied or deleted text before the cursor
u- Undo
Ctrl + r- Redo
VISUAL MODE:
v- Start visual mode
V- Start visual line mode
Ctrl + v- Start visual block mode
Esc- Exit visual mode
SEARCH AND REPLACE:
/- Search forward
?- Search backward
n- Move to the next search result
N- Move to the previous search result
:%s/old/new/g- Replace all occurrences of 'old' with 'new' in the entire file
:%s/old/new/gc- Replace all occurrences of 'old' with 'new' in the entire file with confirmation
SAVING AND QUITTING:
:w- Save changes
:q- Quit (will not work if changes have been made)
:q!- Quit without saving changes
:wqor:x- Save changes and quit
MULTIPLE FILES:
:e filename- Open a file for editing
:bn- Move to the next buffer
:bp- Move to the previous buffer
:bd- Close the current buffer
WINDOW MANAGEMENT:
:split- Split the window horizontally
:vsplit- Split the window vertically
Ctrl + w + arrow keys- Switch between windows
Ctrl + w + c- Close the current window
Ctrl + w + _- Maximize the height of the current window
Ctrl + w + |- Maximize the width of the current window
Ctrl + w + =- Make all windows equal size
For more information, you can always refer to Vim's built-in help by typing :help.