Enter insert mode:

i

In insert mode, you can type and insert text as you are used to with most other text editors.

Insert text after current character:

a

Move to the beginning of the document:

gg

Move to the end of the document:

G

Move to the top of the screen:

H

Move to the bottom of the screen:

B

Move to the middle of the screen:

M

Move one full screen forwards:

 f

Move one full screen backwards:

 b

Move one half screen forwards:

 d

Move on half screen backwards:

 u

Move to the beginning of the current line:

0

Move to the end of the current line:

$

Delete character forward:

x

Delete character backward:

X

Delete entire line of text:

dd

Delete n lines of text (n is any positive integer):

n dd

To change the current word:

cw

To change the current letter:

cl

Enter insert mode:

i

In insert mode, you can type and insert text as you are used to with most other text editors.

Insert text after current character:

a

Move to the beginning of the document:

gg

Move to the end of the document:

G

Move to the top of the screen:

H

Move to the bottom of the screen:

B

Move to the middle of the screen:

M

Move one full screen forwards:

 f

Move one full screen backwards:

 b

Move one half screen forwards:

 d

Move on half screen backwards:

 u

Move to the beginning of the current line:

0

Move to the end of the current line:

$

Delete character forward:

x

Delete character backward:

X

Delete entire line of text:

dd

Delete n lines of text (n is any positive integer):

n dd

To change the current word:

cw

To change the current letter:

cl
Vim Cheat Sheet

Enter insert mode:

i

In insert mode, you can type and insert text as you are used to with most other text editors.

Insert text after current character:

a

Move to the beginning of the document:

gg

Move to the end of the document:

G

Move to the top of the screen:

H

Move to the bottom of the screen:

B

Move to the middle of the screen:

M

Move one full screen forwards:

 f

Move one full screen backwards:

 b

Move one half screen forwards:

 d

Move on half screen backwards:

 u

Move to the beginning of the current line:

0

Move to the end of the current line:

$

Delete character forward:

x

Delete character backward:

X

Delete entire line of text:

dd

Delete n lines of text (n is any positive integer):

n dd

To change the current word:

cw

To change the current letter:

cl

Vim Cheat Sheet for Beginners

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Updated: October 9th, 2019

When learning Vim, it’s nice to have a cheat sheet to refer to.

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Enter insert mode:

i

In insert mode, you can type and insert text as you are used to with most other text editors.

Insert text after current character:

a

Move to the beginning of the document:

gg

Move to the end of the document:

G

Move to the top of the screen:

H

Move to the bottom of the screen:

B

Move to the middle of the screen:

M

Move one full screen forwards:

 f

Move one full screen backwards:

 b

Move one half screen forwards:

 d

Move on half screen backwards:

 u

Move to the beginning of the current line:

0

Move to the end of the current line:

$

Delete character forward:

x

Delete character backward:

X

Delete entire line of text:

dd

Delete n lines of text (n is any positive integer):

n dd

To change the current word:

cw

To change the current letter:

cl

Enter insert mode:

i

In insert mode, you can type and insert text as you are used to with most other text editors.

Insert text after current character:

a

Enter insert mode:

i

In insert mode, you can type and insert text as you are used to with most other text editors.

Insert text after current character:

a

Inserting text

Exit insert mode and return to command mode

Move to the beginning of the document:

gg

Move to the end of the document:

G

Move to the top of the screen:

H

Move to the bottom of the screen:

B

Move to the middle of the screen:

M

Move one full screen forwards:

 f

Move one full screen backwards:

 b

Move one half screen forwards:

 d

Move on half screen backwards:

 u

Move to the beginning of the current line:

0

Move to the end of the current line:

$

Move to the beginning of the document:

gg

Move to the end of the document:

G

Move to the top of the screen:

H

Move to the bottom of the screen:

B

Move to the middle of the screen:

M

Move one full screen forwards:

 f

Move one full screen backwards:

 b

Move one half screen forwards:

 d

Move on half screen backwards:

 u

Move to the beginning of the current line:

0

Move to the end of the current line:

$

Delete character forward:

x

Delete character backward:

X

Delete entire line of text:

dd

Delete n lines of text (n is any positive integer):

n dd

To change the current word:

cw

To change the current letter:

cl

Delete character forward:

x

Delete character backward:

X

Delete entire line of text:

dd

Delete n lines of text (n is any positive integer):

n dd

To change the current word:

cw

To change the current letter:

cl

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