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Basics

Inserting text, saving and closing the buffer

i - Insert Text at the cursor a - Append Text after the cursor I - Insert text at the beginning of the line A - Insert text at the end of the line

:w - Write to file :q - Quit file

Ctrl + ZZ - Write and quit (:wq) Ctrl + ZQ - Force quit (:q!)

Movement

These can also be used with other commands, such as dw to delete to next word

Search

/<search> - Search forwards ?<search> - Search backwards

n - Next search result N - Previous search result

Replace/Change

c Change cw :%s/x/y Replace x for y on each line

Buffers Splits Multitasking

:r :e filename :bn :bp :bd :split :vs

Ctrl + ww Ctrl + wr Switch the splits around

Visual Selection