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Action Shortcut
move cursor left h
move cursor down j
move cursor up k
move cursor down l
jump forward to the start of a word w
jump forwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation) W
jump forward to the end of a word e
jump forwards to the end of a word (words can contain punctuation) E
jump backwards to the start of a word b
jump backwards to the start of a word (words can contain punctuation B
jump to start of the line 0
jump to the end of line $
go to the first line of the document gg
go to the last line of the document G
go to line 5 5G
page down ctrl+f
page up ctrl+b
search for pattern /pattern
search backward for pattern ?pattern
repeat search in same direction n
repeat search in opposite direction N
jump to next x on line fx
jump before next x on line tx
jump to previous x on line Fx
jump before previous x on line Tx

Editing

Action Shortcut
undo u
redo ctrl+r
insert before cursor i
insert at the beginning of the line I
append after the cursor a
append at the end of the line A
open a new line below the current line o
open a new line above the current line O
append at the end of the word ea
append at the end of line $a
exit insert mode Esc
replace a single character r
copy a line yy
copy 2 lines 2yy
copy to end of line y$
paste the clipboard after cursor p
paste the clipboard before cursor P
delete to the end of line d$
cut to the end of line D
delete all lines :%d
write (save) the file, but don't exit :w
write (save) and quit :wq or :x or ZZ
quit and throw away unsaved changes :q! or ZQ
write file as root but don't exit :w !sudo tee %
replace all old with new throughout file :%s/old/new/g
replace all old with new throughout file with confirmations :%s/old/new/gc

Misc

Action Shortcut
ascii to hex :%!xxd
hex to ascii :%!xxd -r -p