Recall that c, d, and y are the basic editing operators.
| a | Append after cursor. | 
| A | Append to end of line. | 
| i | Insert before cursor. | 
| I | Insert at beginning of line. | 
| o | Open a line below cursor. | 
| O | Open a line above cursor. | 
| ESC | Terminate insert mode. | 
| CTRL-J | Move down one line. | 
| RETURN | Move down one line. | 
| CTRL-I | Insert a tab. | 
| CTRL-T | Move to next tab setting. | 
| BACKSPACE | Move back one character. | 
| CTRL-H | Move back one character. | 
| CTRL-U | Delete current line. | 
| CTRL-V | Quote next character. | 
| CTRL-W | Move back one word. | 
The last four control characters are set by stty.
Your terminal settings may differ.
| cw | Change word. | 
| cc | Change line. | 
| C | Change text from current position to end of line. | 
| dd | Delete current line. | 
| ndd | Delete n lines. | 
| D | Delete remainder of line. | 
| dw | Delete a word. | 
| d} | Delete up to next paragraph. | 
| d^ | Delete back to beginning of line. | 
| d/ pat | Delete up to first occurrence of pattern. | 
| dn | Delete up to next occurrence of pattern. | 
| df a | Delete up to and including a on current line. | 
| dt a | Delete up to (not including) a on current line. | 
| dL | Delete up to last line on screen. | 
| dG | Delete to end of file. | 
| p | Insert last deleted text after cursor. | 
| P | Insert last deleted text before cursor. | 
| r x | Replace character with x. | 
| R text | Replace text beginning at cursor. | 
| s | Substitute character. | 
| 4s | Substitute four characters. | 
| S | Substitute entire line. | 
| u | Undo last change. | 
| U | Restore current line. | 
| x | Delete current cursor position. | 
| X | Delete back one character. | 
| 5X | Delete previous five characters. | 
| . | Repeat last change. | 
| ~ | Reverse case. | 
| Y | Copy current line to new buffer. | 
| yy | Copy current line. | 
| " xyy | Yank current line to buffer x. | 
| " xd | Delete into buffer x. | 
| " Xd | Delete and append into buffer x. | 
| " xp | Put contents of buffer x. | 
| y]] | Copy up to next section heading. | 
| ye | Copy to end of word. | 
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