Function                                Command

search                                  /       or      ?
search specific content                 /\<media\>              searches for only the word 'media' on its own
go to Line                              :45             (goes to line 45)
go to bottom of page                    Shift + g
go to top of page                       gg
change background                       :set background=dark
go to beginning of line                 ^
go to the end of line                   $
insert mode                             i
append mode                             a
delete char and insert mode             s
delete char                             x
delete multiple char's                  5x              (deletes 5 char's)
undo                                    u
redo                                    ctrl + r
increment number                        ctrl + a
decrement number                        ctrl + x
copy line                               yy
copy multiple lines                     10yy            (copies 10 lines into buffer)
paste line                              p
paste multiple lines                    7p              (pastes buffer 7 times)
cut line                                dd
cut multiple lines                      3dd             (cuts 3 lines into buffer)

Visual mode                             v               (now you can move arrow keyes to select text, then run desired function)
make lowercase                          u               (in visual mode)
make uppercase                          U               (in visual mode)
Visual Line Mode                        shift + v       (now you can only use up and down arrow key)
Visual Block Mode                       ctrl + v        (now you can only select blocks with the arrow keys)

substitute (on current line)            :s/a/b/g        (replace 'a' with 'b' globally on current line)
Comment line with substitute            :s/^/#          (useful with visual mode selection)

Substitution on entire document         :%s/a/b/g       (replace all 'a' with 'b')

write to file                           :w
write and quit                          :wq
quit                                    :q
quit without saving                     :q!
force write                             :w!             (even read-only files that are modified by permitted users)
force write and quit                    :wq!            (even read-only files that are modified by permitted users)
new line                                o
show line numbers                       :set number     OR      :set nu
hide line numbers                       :set nonumber   OR      :set nonu
set c indent                            :set cindent
unset c indent                          :set nocindent
set auto indent                         :set autoindent         
unset auto indent                       :set noautoindent               
set smart indent                        :set smartindent
unset smart indent                      :set usmartindent

set paste mode                          :set paste
unset paste mode                        :set nopaste


Indent line                             shift + >>              OR      go to visual mode -->   v + shift + >
Indent multiple lines                   5 + shift + >>          OR      go to visual mode -->   v + 5 + shift + >
Unindent line                           shift + <<              OR      go to visual mode -->   v + shift + <
Unindent multiple lines                 5 + shift + <<          OR      go to visual mode -->   v + 5 + shift + <

Set shift width                         :set shiftwidth=3
set expandtab                           :set expandtab
set tabstop                             :set tabstop=4
auto tab                                ==
auto tab - visual mode                  v + =
set mouse                               :set mouse=a
unset mouse                             :set mouse=
Switch between brackets (braces)        on a brace - %

Ignore case                             :set ignorecase
Don't Ignore case                       :set noignorecase

next file                               :next                   OR      :n                      goes to next file in buffer
list files in buffer                    :buffer 
go to specific file                     :e filename

horizontally split screen               :split
vertically split screen                 :vsplit

navigate next screen                    ctrl + ww
navigate any screen                     ctrl + w arrowkey

General Help screen                     :help
Help on specific command                :help buffer            searches the help for the buffer command

Run command line command                :r!uname -a             executes the command 'uname -a' and pastes the output
Run command line command on selection   v + :!command

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