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Here are some additional movement commands:
Name Command Description
move word w, W, b, B Forward or backward by word
end of word e, E Move to end of word
sentence ), ( Beginning of next or current sentence
paragraph }, { Beginning of next or current paragraph
lines 0, $ Beginning or end of current line
home HTop line of screen
last LLast line of screen
middle MMiddle line of screen
Scroll CTRL-F, CTRL-B Scroll forward, backward one screen
Scroll CTRL-D, CTRL-U Scroll down, up one-half screen
Scroll CTRL-E, CTRL-Y Show one more line at bottom, top of window
Redraw CTRL-L, CTRL-R Redraw screen (without scrolling)
Search /text Search forward for text
Search nRepeat previous search
Search NRepeat search in opposite direction
Search /Repeat forward search
Search ?Repeat previous search backward
Search ?text Search backward for text
Match %Find match of current parenthesis, brace or
bracket
Line
Number
CTRL-G Display current line number
Line
Number
nGMove to line number n
Line
Number
GMove to last line in file
Line
Number
:nMove to line number n
Marking mxMark current position with character x
Marking `xMove to cursor mark x
Marking 'xMove to start of line containing x
Here are some additional edit commands:
Name Command Description
Change text cw, cl Change word, change line (finish with ESC)
Replace rx, Rtext Replace character or text with typing (finish
with ESC)
Repeat .Repeat last change
Copy, yank yy Copy current line into buffer
Copy, yank #YCopy # lines into a buffer (# maybe nothing)
Paste p, P Insert buffer contents after or before cursor
Copy ye, yl, y} Copy to end of word, line, or paragraph
Join JJoin two lines
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