A list of Vim commands for efficient Vim-ing.

Vim Commands

#Search forward
:/ search term

#Search backward
:? search term

#Search and replace all occurrences
:s%/search/replace/g

#Search and replace all occurrences with confirmation
:s%/search/replace/gc

#Search and replace all in current line
:s/search/replace/g

#Search and replace all in current line with confirmation
:s%/search/replace/gc

#Select lines
V + arrow up or down

#Copy (Yank)
y

#Past
p

#Delete word
dw

#Delete line
dd

#Undo
u

#Redo
ctrl + r

#Repeat previous change
.

#Move to the end of a word
e

#Move backward to beginning of word
b

#Jump to the top of the screen
H

#Jump to the middle of the screen
M

#Jump to the end of the screen
L

#Page up
shift + page up

#Page down
shift + page down

#Change color scheme
:colorscheme name-of-color-scheme

#Turn on syntax highlighting
:syntax on

#Turn off syntax highlighting
:syntax off

#Turn on line numbers
:set nu

#Turn off line number
:set nu!

#Open new window
:new name-of-file

#Open new vertical window
:vert new name-of-file

#Switch to shell
:sh

#Close all windows except for current
:on

#Switch windows
ctrl-ww