Vi Cheat Sheet
Command Line Options:			Change
vi file	Invoke vi on file		r	replace character
vi file1 file2	Invoke vi on files sequentially		cw	change word
view file or  vi -R file	Invoke vi on file in read-only mode		cc	change current line
vi -r file	Recover file and recent edits after a crash		cmotion	change text between the cursor and the target of motion
vi -t tag	Look up tag and start editing at its definition		C	change to end of line
vi + file	open file at last line		R	overwrite characters
vi +n file	open file at line no. n		S	substitute: delete current line and insert new text
vi -c command file	open file , execute command (which is usually search command or line no. (POSIX)		s	substitute: delete character and insert new text
vi +/pattern file	open file directly at pattern
Marking Position			Other Commands
mx	mark current position as x		.	repeat last edit command
`x	move cursor to mark x		u, U	undo last edit, restore current line
``	return to previous mark or context		J	delete lines
'x	move to beginning of line containing mark x
''	return to beginning of line containing previous mark		Delete, Move
			x	delete character under cursor
Vi Commands			X	delete character before cursor
h, j, k, l	left, down, up, right		dw	delete word
w, W, b, B	forward and backward by a word		dd	delete current line
e, E	end of word		dmotion	delete text between the cursor and the target of motion
), (	beginning of next, previous sentence		D	delete to end of line
}, {	beginning of next, previous paragraph		p, P	put deleted text After, Before cursor
]], [[	beginning of next, previous section		"np	put text from delete buffer number n after cursor (for last 9 deletions)
0, $	first and last positions of current line
^	first nonblank character of the current line		ex edit commands
+,  -	first nonblank character of the next and previous lines		:m	move lines
n |	column n of current line		:co or :t	copy lines
H, M, L	Top, Middle, Last line of screen		:.,$d	delete from current line to end of file
nH, nL	n number of lines after Tp line and before Last line		:.,/pattern/co$	copy from current line through line containing pattern to end of file.
			:30,60m0	move lines 30 through 60 to top of file
Line Number in Vi
ctrl G	Display current line number		Exit Commands
nG	move to line number n		zz, :x, :wq	write (save) and quit file [3 types]
G	move to last line in file		:w	write (save) file
:n	move to line n in file		:w!	write (save) file, overriding protection
			:30,60w newfile	write from line 30 through 60 as new file
Scrolling in Vi			:30,60w>> file	write from line 30 through 60 and append to file
ctrl F, ctrl B	scroll Forward, Backward one screen		:w %.new	write current buffer named file as file.new
ctrl D, ctrl U	scroll Down, Up one half screen		:q	quit file
ctrl E, ctrl Y	show one more line at Bottom, Top of window		:q!	quit file overriding protection
ctrl L	redraw screen without scrolling		Q	quit vi and invoke ex
z return, z., z-	reposition line with cursor: to Top, Middle, Bottom of screen		:n	edit next file
			:e file2	edit file2 without leaving vi
Searching in Vi			:e!	return to version of current file at the time of last write
/pattern, ?pattern	search Forward, Backward for pattern		:e #	edit alternate file
n, N	repeat last search in Same , Opposite direction		:vi	invoke vi editor from ex
/, ?	repeat previous search Forward, Backward		:	invoke one ex command from vi editor
fx, Fx	search Forward, Backward for character x in current line		#	alternate filename (substitutes into ex command)
tx, Tx	search Forward, Backward to character Before, After x in current line		%	current filename (substitutes into ex command)
;	repeat previous current line search
,	repeat previous current line search in opposite direction
Editing Commands
Insert
i, a	insert text Before, After cursor
I, A	insert text Before beginning, After end of line
o, O	open new line for text Below, Above cursor
Yank (copy)
yw	copy word
yy	copy current line
"ayy	copy current line into named buffer a (a-z). uppercase names append text
ymotion	copy text between the cursor and the target of motion
p, P	put copied text After, Before cursor
"aP	put text from buffer a Before cursor (a-z)