[Appendix B] B.8 Vi Control Mode Commands

B.8 Vi Control Mode Commands

Here is a complete list of all vi control mode commands.

Command	Meaning
h	Move left one character
l	Move right one character
w	Move right one word
b	Move left one word
W	Move to beginning of next non-blank word
B	Move to beginning of preceding non-blank word
e	Move to end of current word
E	Move to end of current non-blank word
0	Move to beginning of line
^	Move to first non-blank character in line
$	Move to end of line
i	Insert text before current character
a	Insert text after current character
I	Insert text at beginning of line
A	Insert text at end of line
R	Overwrite existing text
dh	Delete one character backwards
dl	Delete one character forwards
db	Delete one word backwards
dw	Delete one word forwards
dB	Delete one non-blank word backwards
dW	Delete one non-blank word forwards
d$	Delete to end of line
d0	Delete to beginning of line
D	Equivalent to d$ (delete to end of line)
dd	Equivalent to 0d$ (delete entire line)
C	Equivalent to c$ (delete to end of line, enter input mode)
cc	Equivalent to 0c$ (delete entire line, enter input mode)
x	Equivalent to dl (delete character backwards)
X	Equivalent to dh (delete character forwards)
k or -	Move backward one line
j or +	Move forward one line
G	Move to line given by repeat count
/ string	Search forward for string
`?` string	Search backward for string
n	Repeat search forward
N	Repeat search backward
f x	Move right to next occurrence of x
F x	Move left to previous occurrence of x
t x	Move right to next occurrence of x , then back one space
T x	Move left to previous occurrence of x , then forward one space
,	Undo motion of last character finding command
;	Redo last character finding command
\	Do filename completion
*	Do wildcard expansion (onto command line)
\=	Do wildcard expansion (as printed list)
~	Invert ("twiddle") case of current character(s)
\_	Append last word of previous command, enter input mode
v	Run the fc command on the current line (actually, run the command fc -e ${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vi}} ). Usually this means run the full vi on the current line.
`[CTRL-L]`	Start a new line and redraw the current line on it
#	Prepend # (comment character) to the line and send it
x	Insert expansion of alias _ x