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
|
Scroll forward, backward one screen. |
CTRL-B
|
|
CTRL-D
|
Scroll down, up one-half screen. |
CTRL-U
|
|
CTRL-E
|
Show one more line at bottom, top of window. |
CTRL-Y
|
|
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
|
Redraw screen (without scrolling). |
CTRL-R
|
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 to character before x in current line. |
T
x
|
Search backward to character 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 |
