Cheat Sheet: VIM | Kat Solutions

There are many commands in VIM. Those I always use are listed below.

Insert Mode

i - insert before the cursor
I - insert at the beginning of line
a - append after the cursor
A - append at the end of line
o - open a new line below
O - open a new line above
ESC - exit insert mode

Delete, Cut & Paste

x - delete character
dw - delete word
dd - delete line
yy - copy a line
2yy - copy 2 lines
yw - copy a word
y$ - copy to end of line
p - paste after cursor
P - paste before cursor
r - replace 1 character
:u = undo

Search & Replace

/pattern - forward search
?pattern - backword search
%s/old/new/g - replace old to new globally

Exiting :

:w - write without exit
:wq - write and exit
:q - exit if no change
:q! - exit and discard changes

My VIM Config ~/.vimrc

syntax on
set encoding=utf-8
set showmatch
set ts=4
set sts=4
set sw=4
set autoindent
set smartindent
set smarttab
set expandtab
set paste
colorscheme darkblue

Remarks

# if CentOS, sudo yum install vim-enhanced
for root user, vi ~/.bashrc
- alias vi='vim'

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