This document provides a visual cheat sheet for basic Vim commands organized by category including movement, editing, windows, search, modes and more. It lists keyboard shortcuts for navigating text, making edits, splitting windows, searching, and changing modes. The cheat sheet was created by vgod in December 2009 to serve as a quick reference for Vim commands.

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$
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{
%
W l
k
j
h
fi
H
M
L
*
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Ctrl-N gd
Ctrl-W j
Ctrl-W p
Ctrl-W l
Ctrl-W k
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:vsplit
zz
zb
zt
Ctrl-F
Ctrl-B
%
mx
'x
enter normal mode
v enter visual mode
V enter visual line mode
enter visual block mode
i enter insert mode
R enter replace mode
a append
A append at end of line
y yank/copy (range)
d delete/cut (range)
c modify (range)
x delete/cut (character)
D delete to end of line
C modify to end of line
p paste after cursor
J join lines
r replace (character)
> indent
< indent leftward
. redo
u undo
:w save(:wq save and quit)
:q quit(:q! quit anyway)
:e x edit file x
:n new window
:h vim help
:xx jump to line #xx
Vim Visual Cheat Sheet Movement/Range
Character
lkjh
word, WORD(all non-blank ch)
w b
W
e
next/prev word
next/prev WORD
end of word/WORD
^
0 $
Line
begin/end of line
begin (non-blank) of line
Paragraph, Block
}{
[{ ]}
%
prev/ next paragraph
begin/end of block
matching parenthesis
Window, File
H
M
L
zt
C-B C-F
top of win
mid of win
btm of win
scroll to
top
zz
scroll to
middle
zb scroll to
bottom
prev/next page
Search
fx
*
gd
find current word
backward/forward
#
B
to character x to right
to definition of current
word
/xxx search xxx
n N
next/prev search
result
Mode Commands
General Commands
EX Commands
Split window
C-W p
:vsp :sp vertically/horizontally
split
:diffs split and diff
to last accessed window
Auto-completion [insert mode]
C-N C-P
auto-complete
next/prev keyword
C-X C-F auto-complete file
name
C-W w to next window
'x mark/jump to xmx
gg G begin/end of file
ESC C-[
C-v
E
e