Vim Basic

Shortcuts

Shortcut	Function
h[ljk]	Move cursor left/right/down/up
o	Insert a new line below
O	Insert a new line above
a	Insert to the right of the cursor
A	Insert at the end of line
i	Insert to the left of the cursor
I	Insert at the beginning of current line
u	Undo operation
U	Undo operation by line
CTRL r	Redo
x	Delete selected content
dw	Delete word
d$	Delete to end of line
dd	Delete entire line
d[num]w	Delete the specified number of words
r	Replace a character
R	Enter replacement mode
0	Go to the beginning of the line
$	Go to the end of the line
v	Enter character selection mode
V	Enter line selection mode
y	Copy selected content
yy	Copy entire line
p	Paste copied content
Ctrl+u	Page up
Ctrl+d	Page down
:w	Save file
:q	Quit vim
w	Move forward one word
b	Move back one word
gg	Move to the top of the file
G	Move to the bottom of the file
Ctrl+\	Show(hide) the Buffers
/ keyword	Search
n	Go to the next content
N	Go to the previous content
SPC c l	(Un)comment the selected line
gg	Move to the top
G	Move to the bottom
CTRL g	Show current cursor position
[NUM] G	Cursor to the specified line
0	Cursor to the beginning of the line
[NUM] w	Move the cursor to the beginning of the specified number of words
[NUM] e	Move the cursor to the end of the specified number of words
:[%]s/A/B[/g]	Replae Key1 with Key2(`%`: Selected area, `g`: for all occurrences in every line)
:q	Quit
:w	Save
:wq	Save & quit
:q!	Foce quit
ESC	Exit current mode