 | Chapter 8 The Vi Editor |  |
| Chapter 8 The Vi Editor | |
A number preceding a command repeats the movement. Movement commands are also objects for change, delete, and yank operations.
| h, j, k, l | Left, down, up, right (<-,  ,  , ->). |
| SPACEBAR | Right. |
| w, W, b, B | Forward, backward by word. |
| e, E | End of word. |
| ), ( | Beginning of next, current sentence. |
| }, { | Beginning of next, current paragraph. |
| ]], [[ | Beginning of next, current section. |
| 0, $ | First, last position of current line. |
| ^ | First nonblank character of current line. |
| +, - | First character of next, previous line. |
| RETURN | First character of next line. |
n| | Column n of current line. |
| H | Top line of screen. |
| M | Middle line of screen. |
| L | Last line of screen. |
nH | n lines after top line. |
nL | n lines before last line. |
| CTRL-F, CTRL-B | Scroll forward, backward one screen. |
| CTRL-D, CTRL-U | Scroll down, up one-half screen. |
| CTRL-E, CTRL-Y | Show one more line at bottom, top of window. |
z RETURN | Reposition line with cursor: to top of screen. |
z. | Reposition line with cursor: to middle of screen. |
z- | Reposition line with cursor: to bottom of screen. |
| CTRL-L, CTRL-R | Redraw screen (without scrolling). |
/text | Search forward for text. |
| n | Repeat previous search. |
| N | Repeat search in opposite direction. |
| / | Repeat forward search. |
| ? | Repeat previous search backward. |
?text | Search backward for text. |
/text/+n | Go to line n after text. |
?text?-n | Go to line n before text. |
| % | Find match of current parenthesis, brace, or bracket. |
fx | Move search forward to x on current line. |
Fx | Move search backward to x on current line. |
tx | Search forward before x in current line. |
Tx | Search back after x in current line. |
| , | Reverse search direction of last f, F, t, or T. |
| ; | Repeat last character search (f, F, t, or T). |
| CTRL-G | Display current line number. |
nG | Move to line number n. |
| G | Move to last line in file. |
:n | Move to line number n. |
mx | Mark current position with character x. |
`x | Move cursor to mark x. |
'x | Move to start of line containing x. |
| `` | Return to previous mark (or to location prior to a search). |
| '' | Like above, but return to start of line. |
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| 8.1 Review of Vi Operations |  | 8.3 Edit Commands |
