Delete line

Gets out of the current mode into the “command mode”. All keys are bound of commands

Replace characters instead of inserting them

Change

Insert text after the cursor

Insert text at the end of the line

Delete a word

Move forward one word (next alphanumeric word)

Move forward one word (delimited by a white space)

Delete character at cursor

“Insert mode” for inserting text. Keys behave as expected

Insert text before the cursor

Paste storage buffer after current line

Paste storage buffer before current line

Move backward one word (previous alphanumeric word)

Move backward one word (delimited by a white space)

Move to the end of the file

Move the cursor one character to the right

Move the cursor one character to the left

Begin a new line below the cursor

Begin a new line above the cursor

Move the cursor up one line

Redo the last undo

Move the cursor down one line

undo the last operation

Yank

Move the cursor down one line

Move the cursor to the beginning of the line

Shift right

Shift left

Switch case

“Last-line mode”. In this mode, Vim expects you to enter a command such as to save the document

Filter through an external command

Move the cursor to the first non-empty character of the line

Jump to the previous paragraph

Jump to the next paragraph

Move to the beginning of the file

Jump to the previous sentence

Jump to the next sentence

Move the cursor to the end of the line

Copy current line into storage buffer

Jump to the end of the previous section

Delete a word

Write file, if modified, and quit Vim

Move forward five words

Move backward five words

Jump to the previous section

Jump to the next section

Jump to the end of the next section

Delete to the beginning of a line

Delete to the end of a line

Delete to the end of sentence

Delete to the beginning of the file

Delete to the end of the file

Delete three lines

Same as :q! Quits Vim without writing changes

Quits Vim but fails when file has been changed

Save the file

Save the file and quit Vim

Quit Vim without saving the changes to the file