| k or Up Arrow | move the cursor up one line |
| j or Down Arrow | move the cursor down one line |
| e | move the cursor to the end of the word |
| b | move the cursor to the begining of the word |
| 0 | move the cursor to the begining of the line |
| G | move the cursor to the end of the file |
| gg | move the cursor to the begining of the file |
| L | move the cursor to the bottom of the screen |
| :59 | move cursor to line 59. Replace 59 by the desired line number. |
| 20| | move cursor to column 20. |
| % | Move cursor to matching parenthesis |
| [[ | Jump to function start |
| [{ | Jump to block start |
| /word | Search word from top to bottom |
| ?word | Search word from bottom to top |
| * | Search the word under cursor |
| /cstring | Search STRING or string, case insensitive |
| /jo[ha]n | Search john or joan |
| /< the | Search the, theatre or then |
| /the> | Search the or breathe |
| /< the> | Search the |
| /< ¦.> | Search all words of 4 letters |
| // | Search fred but not alfred or frederick |
| /fred|joe | Search fred or joe |
| / | Search exactly 4 digits |
| /^n{3} | Find 3 empty lines |
| :bufdo /searchstr/ | Search in all open files |
| bufdo %s/something/somethingelse/g | Search something in all the open buffers and replace it with somethingelse |
| :%s/old/new/g | Replace all occurences of old by new in file |
| :%s/onward/forward/gi | Replace onward by forward, case unsensitive |
| :%s/old/new/gc | Replace all occurences with confirmation |
| :2,35s/old/new/g | Replace all occurences between lines 2 and 35 |
| :5,$s/old/new/g | Replace all occurences from line 5 to EOF |
| :%s/^/hello/g | Replace the begining of each line by hello |
| :%s/$/Harry/g | Replace the end of each line by Harry |
| :%s/onward/forward/gi | Replace onward by forward, case unsensitive |
| :%s/ *$//g | Delete all white spaces |
| :g/string/d | Delete all lines containing string |
| :v/string/d | Delete all lines containing which didn’t contain string |
| :s/Bill/Steve/ | Replace the first occurence of Bill by Steve in current line |
| :s/Bill/Steve/g | Replace Bill by Steve in current line |
| :%s/Bill/Steve/g | Replace Bill by Steve in all the file |
| :%s/^M//g | Delete DOS carriage returns (^M) |
| :%s/r/r/g | Transform DOS carriage returns in returns |
| :%s#]+>##g | Delete HTML tags but keeps text |
| :%s/^(.*)n1$/1/ | Delete lines which appears twice |
| Ctrl+a | Increment number under the cursor |
| Ctrl+x | Decrement number under cursor |
| ggVGg? | Change text to Rot13 |
| :e filename | Edit filename in current window |
| :split filename | Split the window and open filename |
| ctrl-w up arrow | Puts cursor in top window |
| ctrl-w ctrl-w | Puts cursor in next window |
| ctrl-w_ | Maximize current window vertically |
| ctrl-w| | Maximize current window horizontally |
| ctrl-w= | Gives the same size to all windows |
| 10 ctrl-w+ | Add 10 lines to current window |
| :vsplit file | Split window vertically |
| :sview file | Same as :split in readonly mode |
| :hide | Close current window |
| :nly | Close all windows, excepted current |
| :b 2 | Open #2 in this window |