Learning the bash Shell 2nd Edition [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

Table B.10. vi Control Mode Commands

Command

Meaning

h

Move left one character

l

Move right one character

w

Move right one word

b

Move left one word

W

Move to beginning of next non-blank word

B

Move to beginning of preceding non-blank word

e

Move to end of current word

E

Move to end of current non-blank word

0

Move to beginning of line

^

Move to first non-blank character in line

$

Move to end of line

i

Insert text before current character

a

Insert text after current character

I

Insert text at beginning of line

A

Insert text at end of line

R

Overwrite existing text

dh

Delete one character backward

dl

Delete one character forward

db

Delete one word backward

dw

Delete one word forward

dB

Delete one non-blank word backward

dW

Delete one non-blank word forward

d$

Delete to end of line

d0

Delete to beginning of line

D

Equivalent to d$ (delete to end of line)

dd

Equivalent to 0d$ (delete entire line)

C

Equivalent to c$ (delete to end of line, enter input mode)

cc

Equivalent to 0c$ (delete entire line, enter input mode)

x

Equivalent to dl (delete character forwards)

X

Equivalent to dh (delete character backwards)

k or -

Move backward one line

j or +

Move forward one line

G

Move to line given by repeat count

/string

Search forward for string

?string

Search backward for string

n

Repeat search forward

N

Repeat search backward

fx

Move right to next occurrence of x

Fx

Move left to previous occurrence of x

tx

Move right to next occurrence of x, then back one space

Tx

Move left to previous occurrence of x, then forward one space

Redo last character finding command

Redo last character finding command in opposite direction

\

Do filename completion

*

Do wildcard expansion (onto command line)

\=

Do wildcard expansion (as printed list)

~

Invert (twiddle) case of current character(s)

\_

Append last word of previous command, enter input mode

CTRL-L

Start a new line and redraw the current line on it

#

Prepend # (comment character) to the line and send it to history