Mac OS X Tiger in a Nutshell

Changing and Deleting Text

The following table isn’t exhaustive but illustrates the most common operations.

Command	Action
cw	Change through end of current word.
cc	Change line.
c$	Change text from current position to end of line.
C	Same as c$.
dd	Delete current line.
d$	Delete remainder of line.
D	Same as d$.
ndd	Delete n lines.
dw	Delete a word.
d}	Delete up to next paragraph.
d^	Delete back to beginning of line.
d/pattern	Delete up to first occurrence of pattern.
dn	Delete up to next occurrence of pattern.
dfa	Delete up to and including a on current line.
dta	Delete up to (not including) a on current line.
dL	Delete up to last line on screen.
dG	Delete to end of file.
gqap	Reformat current paragraph to textwidth. (vim)
g~w	Switch case of word. (vim)
guw	Change word to lowercase. (vim)
gUw	Change word to uppercase. (vim)
p	Insert last deleted or yanked text after cursor.
gp	Same as p, but leave cursor at end of inserted text. (vim)
]p	Same as p, but match current indention. (vim)
[p	Same as P, but match current indention. (vim)
P	Insert last deleted or yanked text before cursor.
gP	Same as P, but leave cursor at end of inserted text. (vim)
rx	Replace character with x.
Rtext	Replace text beginning at cursor.
s	Substitute character.
ns	Substitute n characters.
S	Substitute entire line.
u	Undo last change.
Ctrl-R	Redo last change. (vim)
U	Restore current line.
x	Delete current character.
X	Delete back ...