Vim

Basic Navigation

• h/j/k/l - Move cursor left/down/up/right
• w/b - Jump forward/backward by word
• 0/$ - Move to start/end of line
• gg/G - Go to first/last line

Modes

• i - Enter insert mode before cursor
• a - Enter insert mode after cursor
• ESC or CTRL+[ - Return to normal mode
• v - Enter visual mode for selection

Essential Commands

• :w - Save file
• :q - Quit (:q! to force quit without saving)
• :wq - Save and quit
• u - Undo
• CTRL+r - Redo
• dd - Delete line
• yy - Copy line
• p - Paste after cursor

Text Operations

• x - Delete character
• dw - Delete word
• cw - Change word
• /pattern - Search forward
• n/N - Next/previous search result
• :%s/old/new/g - Replace all occurrences

Full tutorial

You can find a more in-depth tutorial here if you are interested.