Ultimate vi shortcuts cheat sheet

Big picture of Vim commands

1. Normal mode (default)

   ├── Navigation (h, j, k, l, G)
   ├── Editing (d, c, x)
   ├── Insert triggers (i, a, o, O, A)

2. Insert mode → typing text

3. Visual mode → selecting text

4. Command mode (:) → commands like :w, :q, :10,20d

Navigation (movement commands)

G

• G → go to last line

2. Editing / insertion commands

o, O, A : These change the file and switch you to insert mode.

Here,

• Shift + G → go to last line
• o → open new line + switch to insert mode

Delete

Delete from line X to line Y

:X,Yd

Example:

:10,20d

Show line numbers:

:set number

Delete from current line → line 20

:.,20d

Here . = current line

Delete from current line → next 10 lines

d10d

Deletes current + next 10 lines

Delete with Visual mode

1. Press:

Shift + V

2. Use ↑ ↓ to select lines
3. Press:

d

Delete entire file content

:%d