Vim Cheatsheet

In Vim, you combine operators (what to do) with motions (where to do it). e.g. d (delete) + w (word) = dw (delete word). Master this and Vim clicks.

Basic Commands#

Save (write) the file#

:w

Save and exit#

:wq 

# or 
:x

Exit without saving#

:q!

Exit with saving#

:wq