vi commands

Arrow keys	Move cursor
hjkl	Same as arrow keys
i	Insert text
cwnewESC	Change word to new
easESC	pluralize word (end of word; append s; escape from input state)
x	delete a character
dw	delete a word
dd	delete a line
3dd	deletes 3 lines
u	undo previous change
ZZ	exit vi , saving changes
:q!CR	quit, discarding changes
/textCR	search for text
^U ^D	scroll up or down
:cmdCR	any ex or ed command
ESC	end insert or incomplete command
DEL	(delete or rubout) interrupts
:wCR	write back changes
:w!CR	forced write, if permission originally not valid
:qCR	quit
:q!CR	quit, discard changes
:e nameCR	edit file name
:e!CR	reedit, discard changes
:e + nameCR	edit, starting at end
:e +nCR	edit, starting at line n
:e #CR	edit alternate file
:e! #CR	edit alternate file, discard changes
:w nameCR	write file name
:w! nameCR	overwrite file name
:shCR	run shell, then return
:!cmdCR	run cmd, then return
:nCR	edit next file in arglist
:n argsCR	specify new arglist
^G	show current file and line
:ta tagCR	position cursor to tag
F	forward screen
^B	backward screen
^D	scroll down half screen
^U	scroll up half screen
nG	go to the beginning of the specified line (end default), where n is a line number
/pat	next line matching pat
?pat	previous line matching pat
n	repeat last / or ? command
N	reverse last / or ? command
/pat/+n	nth line after pat
?pat?-n	nth line before pat
]]	next section/function
[[	previous section/function
(	beginning of sentence
)	end of sentence
{	beginning of paragraph
}	end of paragraph
%	find matching ( ) or { }
^L	clear and redraw window
^R	clear and redraw window if ^L is -> key
zCR	redraw screen with current line at top of window
z-CR	redraw screen with current line at bottom of window
z.CR	redraw screen with current line at center of window
/pat/z-CR	move pat line to bottom of window
zn.CR	use n-line window
^E	scroll window down one line
^Y	scroll window up one line
``	move cursor to previous context
''	move cursor to first non-white space in line
mx	mark current position with the ASCII lower-case letter x
`x	move cursor to mark x
'x	move cursor to first non-white space in line marked by x
H	top line on screen
L	last line on screen
M	middle line on screen
+	next line, at first non-white space character
-	previous line, at first non-white space character
CR	return, same as +
down-arrow or j	next line, same column
up-arrow or k	previous line, same column
^	first non-white space character
0	beginning of line
$	end of line
l or ->	forward
h or <-	backward
^H	same as <- (backspace)
space	same as -> (space bar)
fx	find next x
Fx	find next x
tx	move to character following the next x
Tx	move to character following the previous x
;	repeat last f, F, t, or T
,	repeat inverse of last f, F, t, or T
n|	move to column n
%	find matching ( ) or { }
w	forward a word
b	back a word
e	end of word
)	to next sentence
}	to next paragraph
(	back a sentence
{	back a paragraph
W	forward a blank-delimited word
B	back a blank-delimited word
E	end of a blank-delimited word
^H	erase last character (backspace)
^W	erase last word
erase	your erase character, same as ^H (backspace)
kill	your kill character, erase this line of input
\	quotes your erase and kill characters
ESC	ends insertion, back to command mode
CTRL-C	interrupt, suspends insert mode
^D	backtab one character; reset left margin of autoindent
^^D	caret (^) followed by control-d (^D); backtab to beginning of line; do not reset left margin of autoindent
0^D	backtab to beginning of line; reset left margin of autoindent
^V	quote non-printable character
a	append after cursor
A	append at end of line
i	insert before cursor
I	insert before first non-blank
o	open line below
O	open line above
rx	replace single character with x
RtextESC	replace characters
d	delete
c	change
y	yank lines to buffer
>	left shift
<	right shift
!	filter through command
C	change rest of line (c$)
D	delete rest of line (d$)
s	substitute characters (cl)
S	substitute lines (cc)
J	join lines
x	delete characters (dl)
X	delete characters before cursor dh)
Y	yank lines (yy)
3yy	yank 3 lines
3yl	yank 3 characters
p	put back text after cursor
P	put back text before cursor " .nr )I xp"n put from buffer x " .nr )I xy"n yank to buffer x " .nr )I xd"n delete into buffer x
u	undo last change
U	restore current line
.	repeat last change " .nr )I dp"n retrieve d'th last delete