Table of Contents

vi / vim Cheat Sheet
- Web Site
- List of vi/vim Commands
  - Invocation
  - Saving and Quitting
  - Insert Text
  - Delete
  - Copy
  - Mark
  - Undo & Redo
  - Moving Around
  - Search
  - Substitutions
- set command
- Tips
- References

vi / vim Cheat Sheet

Table of Contents

vi / vim Cheat Sheet
- Web Site
- List of vi/vim Commands
  - Invocation
  - Saving and Quitting
  - Insert Text
  - Delete
  - Copy
  - Mark
  - Undo & Redo
  - Moving Around
  - Search
  - Substitutions
- set command
- Tips
- References

Web Site

List of vi/vim Commands

Invocation

Operation	Action	supplement
vi FILE	Open the FILE for editing. If it does not exist, a new file is created.
view FILE vi -R FILE	view is a read only version of vi.
vi +n FILE	Open the FILE with the cursor positioned at the given line.	vi +5 httpd.conf
vi +/STRING/ FILE	Open the FILE with the cursor positioned at the first line containing the string.
vi -r FILE	Opens a recovery copy of the FILE.

Saving and Quitting

Operation	Action	supplement
:w	to write to the file.
:q	Quits, but only if no changes have been made.
:q!	Quits without saving, regardless of any changes.
:wq ZZ	Saves and quits.
:w NEWFILE

Insert Text

Operation	Action	supplement
i	Insert at cursor
a	Insert after cursor
Esc

Delete

Operation	Action	supplement
x	Delete character
dd	Delete line	2dd ← Delete 2 lines
dw	Delete word
d$	Delete to end of line

Copy

Operation	Action	supplement
yy	Copy a line
yw	Copy a word
y$	Copy from cursor to end of line

Mark

Operation	Action	supplement
v
Shift + v
Ctrl + v

Undo & Redo

Operation	Action	supplement
u	Undo
Ctrl + r	Redo

Moving Around

Operation	Action	supplement
k	Go up	5k
j	Go down
h	Go left
l	Go right
0 Home	Moves to the start of the current line.
$ End	Go to end of line
^	Go to beginning of non-whitespace part of line
gg	Go to beginning of file
G	Go to end of file

expert

Operation	Action	supplement
Ctrl + b	Move backwards one page.
Ctrl + f	Move forwards one page.
Ctrl + u	Move backwards by half a page.
Ctrl + d	Move forwards by half a page.
w	Moves to the start of the next word
e	Moves to the end of the current word
%	Moves the cursor to the matching bracket, any of (), [] or {}.
H	Moves to the line at the top of the screen.
L	Moves to the line at the bottom of the screen.

Search

Operation	Action	supplement
/WORD	Search STRINGS (forward)	\ = Escape
?WORD	Search STRINGS (backward)	\ = Escape
n	Find next
N	Find previous
:noh :nohlsearch	Turn off highlighting (after a search)

Substitutions

Operation	Action	supplement
:%s/BEFORE/AFTER/g s : substitude c : check	substitution	delete linefeed code :%s/^M//g ← ^M = Ctrl-v Ctrl-m :%s/tmp-db1/tmp-aaa1/gc :%s;/home/user01/;/var/www/;g

set command

Operation	Action	supplement
:set paste	Paste Mode
:set noautoindent :set autoindent :set noai :set ai	Disable/Enable autoindent

Tips

Operation	Action	supplement
`Ctrl + v` move go to end line `Shit + i` `# or //` `esc`	Multiple Comment

References