Vim Cheatsheet

To open a file in Vim:

vim <filename>

Navigation
`h`	move one character left
`j`	move one row down
`k`	move one row up
`l`	move one character right
`w`	move to beginning of next word
`b`	move to beginning of previous word
`e`	move to end of word
`W`	move to beginning of next word after a whitespace
`B`	move to beginning of previous word before a whitespace
`E`	move to end of word before a whitespace

All the above movements can be preceded by a count; e.g. 4j will move down 4 lines.

Navigation
`0`	move to beginning of line
`$`	move to end of line
`^`	move to first non-blank char of the line
`_`	same as above, but can take a count to go to a different line
`g_`	move to last non-blank char of the line (can also take a count as above)

`gg`	move to first line
`G`	move to last line
`nG`	move to n'th line of file (where n is a number)

`H`	move to top of screen
`M`	move to middle of screen
`L`	move to bottom of screen

`z.`	put the line with the cursor at the center
`zt`	put the line with the cursor at the top
`zb`	put the line with the cursor at the bottom of the screen

`Ctrl-D`	move half-page down
`Ctrl-U`	move half-page up
`Ctrl-B`	page up
`Ctrl-F`	page down
`Ctrl-o`	jump to last cursor position
`Ctrl-i`	jump to next cursor position

`n`	next matching search pattern
`N`	previous matching search pattern
`*`	next word under cursor
`#`	previous word under cursor
`g*`	next matching search pattern under cursor
`g#`	previous matching search pattern under cursor

`%`	jump to matching bracket { } [ ] ( )

Search
`/`	search for a pattern which will take you to the next occurrence.
`?`	search for a pattern which will take you to the previous occurrence.
`n`	for next match in forward
`N`	for previous match in backward

Insert / Delete
`I`	Insert at start
`A`	Append at end
`D`	Delete to end of line
`;`	Clear current line, to insert mode: S
`o`	Insert new line below
`O`	Insert new line above
`x`	Delete
`X`	Backspace X
`r`	Replace under cursor
`d`	Delete word (like d2w for deleting 2 words)

Copy / Paste
`yy`	Copy current line
`p`	Paste copied text after cursor

Comments
`CTRL+V (select lines) I#`	Comment
`CTRL+V (select lines) X`	Uncomment

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