'vi' Commands to Move Cursor and Search for Locations

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∟1976 - vi Text Editor Developed by Bill Joy

∟'vi' Commands to Move Cursor and Search for Locations

This section provides a list of commands to move the cursor on text area of the screen, scroll text on screen, and search for location with character or string matches.

Here is a list of 'vi' commands to move the cursor on text area of the screen:

   [n]h
      Move left n times

   [n]l
      Move right n times

   [n]j
      Move down n times

   [n]k
      Move up n times

   [n]w
      Move to next word n times

   [n]b
      Move to previous word n times

   $
      Move to the end of the line

   ^
      Move to the beginning of the line

   [n]+
   [n]<Enter>
      Move to the beginning of next line n times

   [n]-
      Move to the beginning of previous line n times

   [n]H
      Move to top left corner of the screen n times

   [n]L
      Move to bottom left corner of the screen n times

   [ln]G
      Go to line ln

   1G
      Go to first line

   G
      Go to last line

Here is a list of 'vi' commands to scroll text on the screen using control key combinations:

   [n]^D
      Scroll down n lines

   [n]^U
      Scroll up n lines

   [n]^F
      Scroll forward n pages

   [n]^B
      Scroll backward n pages

Here is a list of 'vi' commands to search for specific location in the text files:

   [n]f{char}
      Search forward for char n times

   [n]F{char}
      Search backward for char n times

   ;
      Repeat the last f or F command

   [n]/[string]
      Search forward for string n times

   [n]?[string]
      Search backward for string n times

   n
      Repeat the last / or ? command