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Chapter 8 The Vi Editor |
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8.2 Movement Commands
A number preceding a command repeats the movement. Movement commands are also objects for change, delete, and yank operations.
8.2.1 Character
| h, j, k, l |
Left, down, up, right (<-,  ,  , ->). |
| SPACEBAR | Right. |
8.2.2 Text
| 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. |
8.2.3 Lines
| 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. |
n
H |
n lines after top line. |
n
L |
n lines before last line. |
8.2.4 Screens
| 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.
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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). |
8.2.5 Searches
/
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. |
f
x
|
Move search forward to
x
on current line. |
F
x
|
Move search backward to
x
on current line. |
t
x
|
Search forward before
x
in current line. |
T
x
|
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
). |
8.2.6 Line Numbering
| CTRL-G | Display current line number. |
n
G |
Move to line number n . |
| G | Move to last line in file. |
:
n
|
Move to line number n . |
8.2.7 Marking Position
m
x
|
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 |
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8.3 Edit Commands |
