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Vi Cheat Sheet

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	Insert Text		Delete Text		Change
i	Insert before cursor	x	Delete char to the right of cursor	cw	Change word
I	Insert before line	X	Delete character to the left of cursor	cc	Change line
a	Append after cursor	D	Delete to the end of the line	C	Change to end of line
A	Append after line	dd	Delete current line	r	Replace ie rc replace char with c
o	New line below current	5dd	Delete 5 lines	R	Replace type over
O	New line above current	db	Delete previous word	s	Substitute 1 char with text
r	Replace one character	dnw	Delete n words	S	Substitute rest of line with text
r	Replace more characters	dw	Delete word to buffer	.	Repeat last change
	Recover buffer		Undo Commands		Quit
p	Put buffer after cursor	u	Undo last change	wq!	Write (save) and quit
P	Put buffer before cursor	U	Undo all changes on line	q!	Quit dont write (save)
	Buffer commands		Window motions		Parameters
yy	Yank (copy) line to buffer	<ctrl>+d	Scroll down (half a screen)	:set list	Show invisible characters
2yy	Yank (copy) 2 lines to buffer	<ctrl>+u	Scroll up (half a screen)	:set nolist	Don't show invisible characters
“z6yy	Yank 6 lines to buffer z	<ctrl>+f	Page forward	:set number	Show line numbers
yw	Yank a word to buffer	<ctrl>+b	Page backward	:set nonumber	Don't show line numbers
yaw	Yank word to byffer a	/string	Search forward	:set showmatch	Show matching sets of ()
“a9dd	Delete 9 lines to buffer a	?string	Search backward	:set noshowmatch	Don't Show matching sets of ()
“A9dd	Delete 9 lines add to buffer a	n	Repeat search	:set showmode	Display mode on last line
“ap	Paste buffer a after cursor	N	Repeat search reverse	:set noshowmode	Turn off showmode
J	Join lines	G	Go to last line
		:n	Go to line n
:[command]s/old_text/new_text/ Example :%s/foo/bar/g Replaces all instanses of foo with bar command options: . Current line n Line number n .+ m Current line plus m lines $ Last line /string/ A line that contains “string” % Entire file [addr1],[addr2] Specifies a range Examples: Replaces only the first entry of foo with bar in each of 11 lines start at the current line (.) and continue for the 10 that follow (.+10). :.,.+10s/foo/bar Removes the last character from every line. Use it if every line in the file ends with ^M as the result of a file transfer. Execute it when the cursor is on the first line of the file. :%s/.$//