HP-UX Reference (11i v1 05/09) - 1 User Commands A-M (vol 1)
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ksh(1) ksh(1)
advantages of canonical processing with the type-ahead echoing of raw mode.
Setting the viraw option always disables canonical processing on the terminal. This mode is implicit for
systems that do not support two alternate end-of-line delimiters, and can be helpful for certain terminals.
Input Edit Commands
By default the editor is in input mode.
erase Delete previous character. (erase is a user-defined erase character, as defined by the stty(1)
command, usually
ˆH or #.)
ˆW Delete the previous blank separated word.
ˆD Terminate the shell.
ˆV Escape next character. Editing characters, erase or kill characters can be entered in a com-
mand line or in a search string if preceded by a
ˆV. ˆV removes the next character’s edit-
ing features (if any).
\ Escape the next erase or kill character.
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 alphanumeric word.
[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.
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