Moving the cursor (aka motion) Link to heading

• k ~ go up

• j ~ go down

• h ~ go left

• l ~ go right

• e ~ go to end of next word

• w ~ go to start of next word

• $ ~ go to end of line

• <num><motion> - repeat motion num times

• 0 ~ go to start of line

• G ~ go to end of file

• <num>G - go to this line number

• gg ~ go to start of file

Searching Link to heading

• /<pattern> - search forward
• ?<pattern> - search backward

Edition Link to heading

• x ~ delete current character

• i ~ enter insert mode

• a ~ enter insert mode starting to next char

• A ~ enter insert mode starting to the end of line (ie: appending)

• de ~ delete until end of word, including its last char

• dw ~ delete until start of next word, excluding its 1st char

• d$ ~ delete until end of line

• dd ~ delete current line

• u ~ undo last command

• U ~ undo all changes to current line

System Link to heading

• <ESC>:q! ~ leave without saving
• <ESC>:wq! ~ write and leave
• <ESC>:x! ~ write and leave

Resources Link to heading

• vimtutor