Centering the Current Line

zz – vertically centers the current line on the screen

Change

Command: c

Examples:

ce – delete the current word and enter insertion mode c$ – delete until the end of the line and enter insertion mode

Advanced example: From within a single quote, eg – ‘in the middle of this’

ci'

Which stands for Change, Inside, Single Quote

Delete Shortcuts

From vimtutor:

daw – “delete at word” – deletes the current word regardless of the cursor position

dw – delete until the start of the next word

de – delete until the end of the current word

d$ – delete until the end of the current line

File Status

Ctrl + g – See the current file and cursor position

Find and Replace

Find and replace on all instances on the current line: :s/foo/bar/g

Find and Replace

Find and replace globally in a file:

:%s/foo/bar/g

Find and replace between lines 8 and 10:

:8,10 s/foo/bar/g

Add c to the end of the command to be prompted for a confirmation at each find/replace:

:8,10 s/foo/bar/gc

Highlight Matching Parentheses

While the cursor is ), ], }, press %

Jump to the Beginning/End of the File

Jump to the beginning of the file: gg

Jump to the beginning of the file: G

Jump to the Beginning of the Line

Command: 0

Registers

Use registers to store multiple values that you can copy and paste. From this excellent stackoverflow answer:

Registers in Vim let you run actions or commands on text stored within them. To access a register, you type “a before a command, where a is the name of a register. If you want to copy the current line into register k, you can type

"kyy

Or you can append to a register by using a capital letter

"Kyy

You can then move through the document and paste it elsewhere using

"kp

To access all currently defined registers type

:reg

The Open Command

Command: O – insert a new line above the current line where the cursor is

Command: o – insert a new line below the current line where the cursor is

The Overwrite Command

Command: R – enter overwrite mode

Repeat the Last Command

Command: .

Running External Commands

Command: !<external command>

Example: !ls – executes the file list command in the current directory

Searching

Search: /

Search for Previous Match: ?

Find next match: n

Find next match, searching backwards: N

Select the Entire Line

Command: V (note that it’s capitalized)

Til (aka Until)

Exclusive Til

Command: t

Advanced example: From the current position, visually select until the comma

v + t +,

This selection excludes the comma itself.

Til (aka Until)

Inclusive Til

Command: f

Advanced example: From the current position, visually select until the comma

v + f +,

This selection includes the comma itself.

Visual Selection

Command: v

Advanced example: From within a single quote, eg – ‘in the middle of this’

v + i +'

Which stands for Visually Select, Inside, Single Quote

Write and Quit

Command: x

Shorthand for write and quit together (normally wq)

Vimrc settings file

" comments lead off with a double quote