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

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

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

Move the cursor one character to the left

Move the cursor down one line

Move the cursor up one line

Move the cursor one character to the right

Move the cursor to the beginning of the line

Move the cursor to the end of the line

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

Move forward one word (next alphanumeric word)

Move forward one word (delimited by a white space)

Move forward five words

Move backward one word (previous alphanumeric word)

Move backward one word (delimited by a white space)

Move backward five words

Move to the end of the file

Move to the beginning of the file

Jump to the previous sentence

Jump to the next sentence

Jump to the previous paragraph

Jump to the next paragraph

Jump to the previous section

Jump to the next section

Jump to the end of the previous section

Jump to the end of the next section

Insert text after the cursor

Insert text at the end of the line

Insert text before the cursor

Begin a new line below the cursor

Begin a new line above the cursor

Delete character at cursor

Delete a word

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 line

Delete three lines

Replace characters instead of inserting them

Copy current line into storage buffer

Paste storage buffer after current line

Paste storage buffer before current line

undo the last operation

Redo the last undo

Switch case

Delete a word

Change

Yank

Shift right

Shift left

Filter through an external command

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

Write file, if modified, and quit Vim

Same as :q! Quits Vim without writing changes