Vim Tutorial

Normal Mode - Navigate the structure of the file

Move Cursor

• h/j/k/l - Move left/up/down/right
• H/M/L - Move to the top/middle/bottom of the window
• w/e - Move to the beginning/end of the next word
• b - Move to the beggining of the previous word
• 0/$ - Move to the beginning/end of a line
• (/) - Move to the beggining of the next/previous line
• {/} - Move to the beginning of the next/previous paragraph
• ^E/^Y - Scroll the window down/up
• ^F/^B - Scroll down/up one page
• gg/G - Go to top/bottom of the file

Copy/Paste/Delete

• y - Copy
• p - Paste
• yy/yw/y$ - Copy a line/word/from the cursor to the end of the file
• #yy - Copy # lines
• x - Delete a single character
• d/dd/dw - Delete highlight text/a line/a word
• D/d0 - Delete from the cursor to the beginning/end of the line
• dgg/dG - Delete from the cursor to the beginning/end of the file

Actions

• u/u# - Undo the last/last # actions
• . - Repeate the last action

Options

• a - all
• i - in
• t - till
• f - find forward
• F - find backard

Conbined Commands

• diw - Delete inside the word
• caw - Change all the word
• di) - Delete inside the parentheses
• dt; - Delete until the semicolon

Insert Mode - Edite the file

Visual Mode - Highlight portions of the file to manipulate

Ex Mode - Command mode