VIM

Moving the cursor

(in Normal Mode)

Key	Function
j	Moves cursor down one line (same as down arrow)
k	Moves cursor up line (same as up arrow)
l	Moves cursor to the right one character (same as right arrow)
h	Moves cursor to the left one character (same as left arrow)
w	Moves cursor to beginning of next word
e	Moves cursor to end of word
b	Moves cursor to beginning of previous word
$	Moves cursor to end of current line (same as End key)
0 (zero)	Moves cursor beginning of current line (same as Home key)
3G	Jumps to third line (nG jumps to the nth line)
1G	Jumps to first line
Shift+G	Jumps to the last line

Editing

Key	Function
dw	Delete word
2dw	Delete 2 words
u	Undo last Operation
4u	Undo 4 Operations
x	Delete one Character
5x	Delete 5 Characters
dd	Delete current line
2dd	Delete two lines
p	Paste Buffer into line below
Shift+D	Delete from the current position to the end of the line
Shift+J	Join two lines (the current and the next line)
yw	Copy (yank) the current word
~	Change letter to lower/uppercase
cw	Delete word up to the cursor position. (especially useful in conjunction with searched matches)

Change Mode

Key	Function
i	Enter instert Mode - Cursor before current char
a	Insert Mode (append) - Cursor after current char
o	Insert line below and switch to insert Mode
Shift+O	Insert line above and switch to insert Mode
Shift+I	Enter insert Mode and jump to the beginning of the Line
Shift+A	Enter insert Mode and jump to the end of the Line

Search

Key	Function
%s/pattern	Search for a pattern
%s/pattern //g	Search and delete the pattern
noh	Turn off highlighting until next search
/pattern	Search. Type / without : Moves the cursor to the matched result
?pattern	Search backwards.
n	Jump to the next result.

Save / Quit

Command	Function/Keys
:x	Will save and close the file.
:wq	Will write to file and quit.
:wq!	Will write to a read-only file, if possible, and quit.
ZZ	Will save and close. Notice that no colon : is used in this case.
:q!	Exit without saving changes
:e!	Discard changes and reload file
:w!	Write to read-only, if possible.