a

Append text after cursor.

A

Append text at end-of-line.

^A

Search for next occurrence of word under cursor. Increment number in vim when cursor is on a number.

b

Back up to beginning of word in current line.

B

Back up one word, treating punctuation marks as words.

^B

Scroll backward one window.

c

Change text up to target of next movement command.

C

Change to end of current line.

^C

End insert mode; interrupts a long operation.

d

Delete up to target of next movement command.

D

Delete to end of current line.

^D

Scroll down half-window; in insert mode, unindent to shiftwidth if autoindent is set (or when using vim).

e

Move to end of word.

E

Move to end of word, treating punctuation as part of word.

^E

Show one more line at bottom of window.

f

Find next character typed forward on current line.

F

Find next character typed backward on current line.

^F

Scroll forward one window.

g

Unused in vi. Begins many multiple-character commands in vim.

G

Go to specified line or end-of-file.

^G

Print information about file on status line.

h

Left arrow cursor key.

H

Move cursor to home position.

^H

Left arrow cursor key; Backspace key in insert mode.

i

Insert text before cursor.

I

Insert text before first nonblank character on line.

^I

Unused in command mode; in insert mode, same as Tab key.

j

Down arrow cursor key.

J

Join previous line to current line.

^J

Down arrow cursor key; in insert mode, move down a line.

k

Up arrow cursor key.

K

Unused in vi. Look up word using keywordprg in vim.

^K

Unused in vi. Insert multiple-keystroke character in vim.

l

Right arrow cursor key.

L

Move cursor to last position in window.

^L

Redraw screen.

m

Mark the current cursor position in register (a-z).

M

Move cursor to middle position in window.

^M

Move to beginning of next line.

n

Repeat the last search command.

N

Repeat the last search command in reverse direction.

^N

Down arrow cursor key.

o

Open line below current line.

O

Open line above current line.

^O

Unused in vi. Return to previous jump position in vim.

p

Put yanked or deleted text after or below cursor.

P

Put yanked or deleted text before or above cursor.

^P

Up arrow cursor key.

q

Unused in vi. Record keystrokes in vim.

Q

Quit vi and enter ex line-editing mode.

^Q

Unused in vi. Same as ^V in vim (On some terminals, resume data flow.)

r

Replace character at cursor with the next character you type.

R

Replace characters.

^R

Redraw the screen.

s

Change the character under the cursor to typed characters.

S

Change entire line.

^S

Unused. (On some terminals, stop data flow.)

t

Find next character typed forward on current line and position cursor before it.

T

Find next character typed backward on current line and position cursor after it.

^T

Unused in command mode for vi. Pop tag from tagstack in vim. In insert mode, move to next tab setting.

u

Undo the last change made. In vi, a second undo redoes an undone command. vim supports multiple levels of undo. To redo, use Ctrl-R.

U

Restore current line, discarding changes.

^U

Scroll the screen upward a half-window.

v

Unused in vi. Enter visual mode in vim.

V

Unused in vi. Enter linewise visual mode in vim.

^V

Unused in command mode for vi. Enter blockwise visual mode in vim. In insert mode, insert next character verbatim.

w

Move to beginning of next word.

W

Move to beginning of next word, treating punctuation marks as words.

^W

Unused in command mode in vi. Begins window commands in vim. In insert mode, back up to beginning of word.

x

Delete character under cursor.

X

Delete character before cursor.

^X

Unused in vi. Decrement number in vim when cursor is on a number. In insert mode in vim, begins several commands.

y

Yank or copy text up to target of following movement command into temporary buffer.

Y

Make copy of current line.

^Y

Show one more line at top of window.

z

Reposition line containing cursor. z must be followed by Return (reposition line to top of screen), . (reposition line to middle of screen), or - (reposition line to bottom of screen).

ZZ

Exit the editor, saving changes.