Movement Commands (UNIX in a Nutshell: System V Edition)

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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.`	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 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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