VIM Cheatsheet 1 - Navigation and Editing in Files

This VIM cheat sheet will be a quick reference guide that lists commonly used commands and shortcuts. This serves as a handy reference for VIM users, especially those who are new to VIM or may not use it frequently.

1. Navigating in the file

Shortcut	Function
[[ or gg	Moves to the first line of the file
]] or G	Moves to the last line of the file
nG or :n	Moves to nth line
H	Moves to the top of the visible screen
L	Moves to the bottom of the visible screen
M	Moves to the middle of the visible screen
0	Moves to the beginning of the line
$	Moves to the end of the line
%	Moves to matching paranthesis,bracket or brace

 

2. Editing Files

Shortcut	Function
>	Shift Right (Indent)
<	Shift Left (Indent)
(V)+ c	After entering visual mode, pressing ‘c’ changes the highlighted/selected text
C	Change the rest of the current line
(V)+y	Yank/Copy the highlighted/selected text to clipboard.
(V)+d	Delete the highlighted text
yy or :y or Y	Yank/Copy the current line
nyy	Copy n lines
dd or :d	Delete the current line
dgg	Deletes everything from the cursor to file begining
dG	Deletes everything from the cursor to file end
p	Pastes the copied/yanked or deleted lines below the current line
P	Pastes the copied/yanked or deleted lines above the current line
x	Delete the single character after the cursor
X	Delete the single character before the cursor
r	Replace a single character
R	Replace multiple characters until ESC is pressed
J	Join line below to the current line with one space in between
u	Undo
U	Undo the last changes in the current line
Ctrl+r	redo
~	Change the case of characters. In Visual mode highlighted characters case can be changed. In command mode character under the cursor case can be changed.