BVI: Cursor Movements

Command Overview Cursor Movements |

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Command | BVI | VI
--- | --- | ---
Cursor movements |
h, ARROW_LEFT | move cursor one character to the left
j, +, ^N, ^J, ARROW_DOWN, RETURN | move cursor down one line
k, -, ARROW_UP | move cursor up one line
l, ARROW_RIGHT, SPACE | move cursor one character to the right
H | move cursor to home position, upper left corner of screen
M | move cursor to the begin of the middle line of the screen
L | move cursor to the begin of the last line of the screen
Move to begin and end of (screen) line |
^ | move cursor to the first byte of Hex section
$ | move cursor to the last byte of Ascii section
TAB | toggle cursor between the same byte in Hex and Ascii section
^ | move cursor to the first nonblank character of line
$ | move cursor to end of line
0 | move cursor to the real begin of line
Move by words |
w | forward to next string delimited with a nonprinting char
b | back to previous string delimited with a nonprinting char
e | end of current word
W | forward to next string delimited with a \0 or \n
B | back to previous string delimited with a nonprinting char
E | end of a blank-delimited word
w | move cursor forward to begin of next word
e | move cursor to end of current word
b | move cursor back to begin of current or previous word
W | move cursor forward to begin of next word, ignoring punctuation
B | move cursor back to begin of last word, ignoring punctuation

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Last update: October 30th 1999 by Gerhard Bürgmann