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• The description given in the "description" column is rather short, often it is best to try it your self and see what it actually does.
• Even if not specified in the "command" column, most commands fired in normal mode accept a "<num> prefix" (Eg. `5w` is equivalent to `wwwww`).
• Most commands will work in visual mode as well as in normal mode.

Deplacements

command	meaning	description
w	word	move to next word
W	Word	move to the next word (broad sens)
b	begin	move to the previous word beginning
B	Begin	move to the previous word beginning (broad sense)
e	end	move to the next word end
E	End	move to the next word end (broad sense)
{		move to the previous blank line
}		move to the next blank line
f<char>	fetch	move to the next occurrence of the character <char>
F<char>	Fetch	move to the previous occurrence of the character <char>
$		move to the end of the line
^		move to the first non-whitespace character of the line
zz		center the viewport on the currently
<num>gg	goto	move to line number <num> (default is 1 if <num> is omitted)
G		move to the last line
C-o		Go to the previous cursor position

Switch to insert mode

command	meaning	description
i	insert	insert before the cursor
I	Insert	insert at the beginning of the line (= ^i)
a	append	insert after the cursor/td>
A	Append	insert at the end of the line (= $a)
o		insert on a new blank line after the current line
O		insert on a new blank line before the current line
s	substitute	remove the current character and instert instead (= xi)
S	Substitute	remove the current line and insert instead (= ddi
R	Replace	insert and override on the fly

Actions

command	meaning	description
<num>dd	delete	delete <num> lines
<num>yy	yank	copy <num> lines to vim's default buffer
x		remove the character under the cursor
<num>p	paste	paste <num> times vim's default buffer after the cursor
<num>P	Paste	paste <num> times vim's default buffer before the cursor
~ (tilde)		swap case under the cursor
.		repeat previous action (kind of "live macro", try it yourself and see)
/<pattern><CR>		search next occurrence of <pattern>
?<pattern><CR>		search previous occurrence of <pattern>
*		look for the next occurrence of the word under the cursor
n		forward search last searched pattern
N		backward search last searched pattern