VI Editor Cheat Sheet by adzz

:x or :wq

Save & Exit

:q!

Exit, ignore any changes

:set noic

Case-s­ens­itive searching

`c

Go to beginning of marker c line

j or 

Move down

l or 

Move right

W

Move to next blank delimited word

B

Move to the beginning of the blank delimited word

E

Move to the end of blank delimited word

$

Move to the end of the line

G or :$

Move to the last line in file

%

Move to associated (), {}, []

I

Insert before line

A

Append after line

O

Open a new line before current line

R

Replace many characters

X

Delete character to the left of cursor

dd or :d

Delete current line

:1,$d

Delete lines from beginning of file to end of current line

ndw

Delete the next n words

ndd

Delete n lines starting with current

y{motion}

Yank {motion} text

P

Put before the position or line

cc

Change the whole line

gUU

Uppercase line

?string

Search backwards for string

N

Go to previous match

#

Search for last instance of current word

:% s/old/new

Replace all old with new

g

Replace all occurr­ences of pattern

&

Repeat last :s command

U

Undo all changes to line

nJ

Join next n lines

>

Indent

)

Move a sentence forward

}

Move a paragraph forward

Fc

Move back to c

:%s/­­\s\+$//

Delete trailing white space