Vim Commands 101 🖖🏻
A comprehensive cheat sheet to essential Vim commands for efficient text editing.
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Inside a block keys -
| Action | Command |
| yank inside " " / () / {} / [] | yi" / () / {} / [] |
| delete inside " " / () / {} / [] | di" / () / {} / [] |
| edit inside " " / () / {} / [] | ci" / () / {} / [] |
Whole line operations-
| Actions | Command |
| dd | delete the whole line |
| cc | change the whole line |
| yy | copies the whole line |
| V | select the whole line |
| D | delete the line from cursor to the end |
| C | changes the line from cursor to the end |
| Y | copies the whole line |
| d0 | delete the line form cursor to the start |
| c0 | change the line form cursor to start |
| v0 | select the lilne from cursor to the start |
| y0 | yank the line form cursor to the start |
Motions -
| Action | Commnad |
| h / j / k / l | move left/down/up/right |
| W/w | move one word forward |
| B/b | move one word backward |
| gg | move to the top of the file |
| G | move to the end of the file |
| zz | move the window to the middle |
| o | move to the next line with edit mode |
shift + h | move to the tab on the left |
shift + l | move to the tab on the right |
shift + [ | move down in file (fast) |
shift + ] | move down in file (fast) |
Word commands -
| Action | Commands |
| dw | delete the word you are on |
| yw | yank the word you are on |
| cw | change the word you are on |
| ciw | change in word |
| diw | delete in word |
| yiw | yank in word |
| viw | select in word |
| db | delete previous word |
| cb | change previous word |
| yb | yank previous word |
| vb | delete previous word |
Searching Commnads -
| Actions | Commnads |
| searching | type '/' in normal mode, search for keyword, press enter, move between words with 'n' and 'N' |
| searching | |
| & | |
| replacing | :%s/foo/bar/g Find each occurrence of 'foo' (in all lines), and replace it with 'bar' |
To find all occurrences of 'foo' in the current line, add the g flag. :s/foo/Vim/g |
Misc Commnads -
| Action | Command |
| gcc | Comment line |
| \== | fix indentation |
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