vi cheat sheet

Frequent used vi commands.

Line Navigation

• k = up
• j = down
• l = right
• h = left
• 0 = go to the starting of the current line
• $ = go to the end of the current line

Word Navigation

• e = go to the end of the current word
• b = go to the previous (before) word
• w = go to the next word.

Screen Navigation

• H = Go to the first line of current screen
• M = Go to the middle line of current screen
• L = Go to the last line of current screen
• ctrl+f = Jump forward one full screen.
• ctrl+b = Jump backwards one full screen
• ctrl+d = Jump forward (down) a half screen
• ctrl+u = Jump back (up) one half screen
• gg = Go to the beginning of the file
• G = Go to the end of the file
• NG = Go to the Nth line of the file

Undo/Redo

• u = undo
• Ctr + r = redo

Editing

• x = delete char
• dd = delete and copy the current line
• yy = copy the line
• p = paste
• o = add a new line below
• O = add a new line above

Search & Replace

• /pattern = search for pattern
  • n = go to next pattern, shift+n = go to previous pattern
• :%s/foo/bar/gc
  • change each foo to bar but ask for confirmation first

Setting

• :set tabstop=2 = change tab to 2 space
• :set nu = enable line numbers along the left side of window
• :set nonu = disabling line numbers
• :set paste = avoid unexpected effects for copy and paste