Vim Cheat Sheet (One Page)

Vim Cheat Sheet

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🧭 Modes

Mode	Key to Enter	Description
Normal	Esc	Navigation & commands
Insert	i, a, etc.	Text input
Visual	v, V, Ctrl+v	Select text
Command	:	Execute commands

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✍️ Basic Editing

Action	Command
Insert before cursor	i
Append after cursor	a
Insert new line below	o
Insert new line above	O
Delete character	x
Delete word	dw
Delete line	dd
Undo	u
Redo	Ctrl+r

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🔁 Replacing & Changing

Task	Command
Replace character	r<char>
Change word	cw
Change to end of line	C or c$
Replace in file	:%s/old/new/g
Confirm replace	:%s/old/new/gc

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🔠 Case Changing

Task	Command
Uppercase word	gUw
Uppercase selection	gU (in visual mode)
Lowercase word	guw
Toggle case (char)	~

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📍 Navigation

Move To	Command
Beginning of line	0
First non-whitespace	^
End of line	$
Word forward	w
Word backward	b
Paragraph forward/back	{ / }
File top/bottom	gg / G

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🔍 Search

Task	Command
Search forward	/pattern
Search backward	?pattern
Next/prev match	n / N
Clear highlight	:noh

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📦 Buffers & Files

Action	Command
Save	:w
Quit	:q
Save & quit	:wq or ZZ
Quit without saving	:q!
Open file	:e filename
Switch buffer	:bnext / :bprev

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🧠 Pro tip: Use . to repeat your last change. ```