Return to Command mode from Insert, overwrite or append mode

Escape

Enter Insert mode

i

Enter overwRite mode

R

Enter append mode

a

Enter append mode at end of this line

A

Enter Insert mode on a new line after this

o

Enter Insert mode on a new line before this

O

Delete this word and enter Insert mode here

cw

Delete this line and enter Insert mode here

cc

Delete the next 10 lines and enter Insert mode here

10cc

Move cursor left one character

left arrow or h

Move cursor left e.g. 10 characters

10h

Move cursor down one line

down arrow or j

Move cursor down 10 lines

10j

Move cursor up one line

up arrow or k

Move cursor right one character

right arrow or l

Save this file and continue

:w

Save this file and exit

:wq

Abort without saving changes to this file

:q!

Quit (no changes made)

:q

Save as a new file "new-file"

:w new-file

Load the file "myfile" into vi

:e myfile

Delete the character under the cursor

x or Del

Delete the current word (inc. space)

dw

Delete the next 10 words

10dw

Delete the current line

dd

Delete the next 10 lines

10dd

Delete rest of this line, right of the cursor

d$

Yank the current line onto the clipboard

yy

Yank the current word onto the clipboard

yw

Paste the clipboard

p

Undo

u

Redo

^r

Jump to the bottom of the file

G

Jump to e.g. the tenth line of the file

10G

Jump to the top of the file

gg

Jump one page forward

^f

Jump half a page forward

^u

Jump one page back

^b

Jump half a page back

^d

Search for text from cursor

/text

Find next occurrence of text

n

Find previous occurrence of text

N

Start of next word

w

End of next word

e

Start of the tenth word forward

10w

Start of next sentence

)

Start of previous sentence

(

Start of line

0 (zero)

End of line

$

Top of screen

H

Bottom of screen

L

Middle of screen

M