Vim/GVim commands
Basic Cursor Movements:
• w - Jump forward word by word.
• b - Jump backward word by word.
• B - Jump back to the beginning of the previous word.
• $ - Move to the end of the line.
• ^ - Move to the first non-blank character of the line.
• 0 - Move to the beginning of the line.
• gg - Go to the top of the file.
• G - Go to the bottom of the file.
• { - Jump backward paragraph by paragraph.
• } - Jump forward paragraph by paragraph.
Searching:
• f + p - Find the first occurrence of the character p forward.
• F + p - Find the first occurrence of the character p backward.
• fw - Find the first w character forward.
• 2fw - Find the second occurrence of w forward.
Line and Word Operations:
• 3gg - Go to the 3rd line.
• x - Delete the character under the cursor.
• u - Undo the last change.
• dw - Delete the word.
• db - Delete the previous word.
• 2dw - Delete two words.
• cw - Change (replace) the word.
• dd - Delete the current line.
• cc - Change (replace) the whole line.
• 2dd - Delete two lines.
• ct" - Change up to the next double quote character.
• ci" - Change inside double quotes.
• p - Paste after the cursor.
• P - Paste before the cursor.
• dj - Delete the current line and join the next line.
Copying and Pasting:
• yw - Copy (yank) the word.
• yy - Copy (yank) the entire line.
• y0 - Copy everything from the cursor to the beginning of the line.
Visual Mode:
• V - Enter Visual Line mode.
• v - Enter Visual mode.
• Ctrl + v - Enter Visual Block mode.
• gg + Shift + VG - Select all lines.
Highlighting and Replacing:
• gd - Go to the local declaration of the word under the cursor.
• gf - Open the file whose path is under the cursor.
• :e# - Go back to the previous file.
Multi-line and Block Operations:
• Ctrl + v -> Shift + i -> Write -> Esc - Insert text at the beginning of
multiple lines.
• 10p - Paste content 10 times.
• 14x - Delete 14 characters.
Search and Replace:
• /search_term - Search for the term (case sensitive).
• Shift + * - Highlight search for the word under the cursor.
• n - Repeat search forward.
• N - Repeat search backward.
• ?search_term - Search backward.
• :set incsearch - Incremental search.
• :set ignorecase - Ignore case during search.
• :set hlsearch - Highlight search results.
• :nohlsearch - Disable highlight search.
• /.[aeiou] - Search for any vowel.
• /\n\n - Highlight all blank lines.
• d+/fire - Delete everything before the first occurrence of "fire".
• :s/Module/module - Replace the first occurrence of "Module" with "module" in the
current line.
• :%s/Module/module - Replace "Module" with "module" globally.
• :%s/Module/module/g - Replace all occurrences of "Module" with "module" in the
entire file.
Visual Mode Replace:
• V -> % -> :s/name/replace/gc - Replace in visual mode.
• gci - Confirm and insensitive flag to search and replace line by line in visual mode.
• /[^ ]\zs( - Limit the replacement scope.
• :'<,'>s// (/ - Add space before the cursor.
• /)\ze - End highlight at the parenthesis.
Advanced Movements and Editing:
• 3L - Move 3 lines above the bottom of the window.
• 3H - Move 3 lines above the top of the window.
• :r !date - Add the current date to the file.
• :r !curl –silent URL - Paste content from a URL.
• Ctrl + w + 15 + - Adjust window size.
• :set shiftwidth=3 - Set shift width to 3 spaces.
• :set list - Display invisible characters (like spaces and tabs).
• :se nolist - Remove the display of invisible characters.
• Shift + v (Visual mode) + Shift + > - Indent the selection.
• Shift + v (Visual mode) + Shift + < - Un-indent the selection.
• :set smartindent - Enable smart indentation.
• :set softtabstop=3 - Set the soft tab stop to 3 spaces.
• Ctrl + t - Move forward.
• Ctrl + d - Move backward.
Folding:
• zf8j - Fold 8 lines.
• zo - Open folded lines.
• zc - Close folded lines.
• zd - Delete folded lines.
• zf% - Fold between matching parentheses.
• zi - Toggle folding.
Deleting Lines by Pattern:
• :v/word/d - Delete lines not containing the word.
File Operations:
• vi <filename> - Open a file.
• :w - Save the file.
• :q - Quit without saving.
• :wq - Save and quit.
• :w! - Force save a read-only file.
• :q! - Force quit without saving.
• :wq! - Force save and quit.
Editing Commands:
• i - Insert text before the cursor.
• I - Insert text at the beginning