Command Reference Guide
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Motion Edit Commands
These commands move the cursor. The designation [count] causes a repetition of the command the cited
number of times.
[count]l Cursor forward (right) one character.
[count]w Cursor forward one alphanumericword.
[count]W Cursor to the beginning of the next word that follows a blank.
[count]e Cursor to end of word.
[count]E Cursor to end of the current blank-delimited word.
[count]h Cursor backward (left) one character.
[count]b Cursor backward one word.
[count]B Cursor to preceding blank separated word.
[count]| Cursor to column count. Default is 1.
[count]fc Find the next character c in the current line.
[count]Fc Find the previous character c in the current line.
[count]tc Equivalent to f followed by h.
[count]Tc Equivalent to F followed by l.
[count]; Repeats the last single character find command, f, F, t,orT.
[count], Reverses the last single character find command.
0 Cursor to start of line.
^ Cursor to first nonblank character in line.
$ Cursor to end of line.
Search Edit Commands
These commands access your command history.
[count]k Fetch previous command. Each time k is pressed, the next earlier command in
the history list is accessed.
[count]
- Equivalent to k.
[count]j Fetch next command. Each time j is entered, the next later command in the his-
tory list is accessed.
[count]
+ Equivalent to j.
[count]G The command number count is fetched. The default is the first command in the
history list.
/string Search backward through history for a previous command containing string.
string is terminated by a "Return" or "New-line". If string is preceded by a
ˆ, the
matched line must begin with string.Ifstring is null, the previous string is used.
?string Same as / but search in the forward direction.
n Search for next match of the last pattern to / or ? commands.
N Search for next match of the last pattern to / or ?, but in reverse direction.
Search history for the string entered by the previous / command.
Text Modification Edit Commands
These commands modify the line.
a Enter input mode and enter text after the current character.
A Append text to the end of the line. Equivalent to $a.
[count]cmotion
c
[count]motion Move cursor to the character position specified by motion, deleting all characters
between the original cursor position and new position, and enter input mode. If
motion is c, the entire line is deleted and input mode entered.
C Delete the current character through the end of line and enter input mode.
Equivalent to c$.
S Equivalent to cc.
D Delete the current character through end of line. Equivalent to d$.
[count]dmotion
d
[count]motion Move cursor to the character position specified by motion, deleting all characters
between the original cursor position and new position. If motion is d, the entire
line is deleted.
i Enter input mode and insert text before the current character.
I Insert text before the beginning of the line. Equivalent to the two-character
sequence 0i.
[count]P Place the previous text modification before the cursor.
[count]p Place the previous text modification after the cursor.
R Enter input mode and replace characters on the screen with characters you type in
overlay fashion.
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