HP-UX Reference (11i v2 07/12) - 1 User Commands N-Z (vol 2)

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Motion Edit Commands
These commands move the cursor. The use of 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 forward to the beginning of the next word that follows a blank.
[count]e Cursor forward to the end of the word.
[count]E Cursor forward to end of the current blank-delimited word.
[count]h Cursor backward (left) one character.
[count]b Cursor backward one word.
[count]B Cursor backward 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
c followed by h.
[count]
Tc Equivalent to F
c followed by l.
[count]
; Repeat 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.
History Search Commands
These commands access your command history file.
[count]k Fetch previous command. Each time k is entered, 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 history
list is accessed.
[count]
+ Equivalent to j.
[count]G The command number count is fetched. The default is the first command in the his-
tory list.
/string Search backward through history for a previous command containing string. string is
terminated by a return or newline. 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 the / or ? commands.
N Search for next match of the last pattern to / or ?, but in reverse direction.
Text Modification Edit Commands
These commands will modify the line.
a Enter insert mode after the current character.
A Append text to the end of the line. Equivalent to $a.
[count]cmotion
c[count]motion
Move cursor forward to the character position specified by motion, deleting all charac-
ters between the original cursor position and the new position, and enter insert mode.
If motion is c, the entire line is deleted.
C Delete from the current character through the end of line and enter insert mode.
Equivalent to c$.
S Equivalent to cc.
[count]dmotion
d[count]motion
Move cursor to the character position specified by motion, deleting all characters
between the original cursor position and the new position. If motion is d, the entire
line will be deleted.
D Delete from the current character through the end of line. Equivalent to d$.
i Enter insert mode before the current character.
I Enter insert mode before the beginning of the line. Equivalent to the two-character
sequence 0i.
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