VIM vimtutor
Iāve always wanted to be good at Vim. Iāve tried to learn it a few times, but I always ended up turning it off since I never got used to it. A few days ago I just got bored and decided to go through āvimtutorā for fun, and I think I finally got the hang of it.
If youāve never heard of vimtutor before, itās a built-in tutorial that comes with Vim. You can access it by typing āvimtutorā in your terminal. It walks you through the basics of Vim and you can practice what you learn right away.
VIM Cheat Sheet
I took some notes while going through vimtutor and made a cheat sheet for myself. Iām sharing it here in case anyone else finds it useful.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| c | change |
| d | delete |
| y | yank (copy) |
| p | paste |
| u | undo |
| r | replace |
| x | delete character |
| o | open line below |
| O | open line above |
| i | insert |
| a | append |
| A | append at end of line |
| Esc | exit insert mode |
| :q! | quit without saving |
| :wq | write and quit |
| :w | write (save) |
| :q | quit |
| :help | help |
| ctrl + f | page down |
| ctrl + b | page up |
| G | go to end of file |
| gg | go to beginning of file |
| shift + g | go to end of file |
| 0 | go to beginning of line |
| $ | go to end of line |
| w | go to beginning of next word |
| e | go to end of next word |
| b | go back to beginning of word |
| % | go to matching (, {, or [ |
| :10 | go to line 10 |
| :10,20 | go to line 10 to 20 |
| /word | search for word |
| n | go to next search result |
| N | go to previous search result |
| :set number | show line numbers |
| :set nonumber | hide line numbers |
| :set list | show hidden characters |
| :set nolist | hide hidden characters |
| :set wrap | wrap long lines |
| :set nowrap | donāt wrap long lines |
| :%s/old/new/g | replace all old with new throughout file |
| :%s/old/new/gc | replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations |
Just remember itās {operator}{number}{motion}.