Vim

Vim CommandDescription

i

Enter insert mode

Esc

Enter command mode

x or Del

Delete a character

X

Delete character is backspace mode

u

Undo changes

Ctrl + r

Redo changes

yy

Copy a line

dd

Delete a line

p

Paste the content of the buffer

/<search_term>

Search and then cycle through matches with n and N

[[ or gg

Move to the beginning of a file

]] or G

Move to the end of a file

:%s/foo/bar/gci

Search and replace all occurrences with confirmation

Esc + :w

Save changes

Esc + :wq or Esc + ZZ

Save and quit Vim

Esc + :q!

Force quit Vim discarding all changes

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