80 Vim Shortcuts for Linux

Devil June 4, 2021

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List of Vim Shortcuts

Learn Vim Shortcuts for Linux

Action	Vim Shortcuts
Replace a single character	r
Join line below to the current one	j
Change an entire line	cc
Change to the end of word	cw
Change to the end of line	c$
Delete character at cursor and subsitute text	s
Delete line at cursor and substitute text	S
Transpose two letters	xp
Undo	u
Repeat last command	.

Action	Vim Shortcut keys
Move left	h
Move down	j
Move up	k
Move right	l
Jump by start of words	w
Jump by words	W
Jump to end of words	e
Jump to end of words no punctuation	E
Jump backward by words	b
Jump backward by words no punctuation	B
Start of line	0
First non-blank character of line	^
End of line	$
Go To command	G
Start insert mode at cursor	i
Insert at the beginning of the line	I
Append after the cursor	a
Append at the end of the line	A
Open blank line below current line	o
Open blank line above current line	O
Append at end word	ea
Exit insert mode	Esc

Action	Vim Shortcut keys
Start visual mode, mark lines, then do command	v
Start Linewise visual mode	V
Move to other end of marked area	o
Start visual block mode	Ctrl + V
Move to other corner of block	O
Mark a word	aw
A () block	ab
A {} block	aB
Inner () block	ib
Inner {} block	iB
Exit visual mode	Esc

Action	Vim Shortcut keys
Yank (copy) a line	yy
Yank 2 lines	2yy
Yank word	yw
Yank to end of line	y$
Paste the clipboard after cursor	p
Paste before cursor	P
Cut a line	dd
Cut the current word	dw
Cut current character	x

Action	Vim Shortcut keys
Search for pattern	/pattern
Search backward for pattern	?pattern
Repeat search in same direction	n
Repeat search in opposite direction	N
Replace all old with new throughout file	:%s/old/new/g
Replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations	:%s/old/new/gc

Action	Vim Shortcut keys
Edit a file in a new buffer	:e filename
Go to next buffer	:bnext
Go to previous buffer	:bprev
Delete a buffer	:bd
Open a file in a new buffer and split window	:sp filename
Split windows	Ctrl + ws
Switch between windows	Ctrl + ww
Quit a window	Ctrl + wq
Split windows vertically	Ctrl + wv