Alphabetical List of Keys in Command Mode (Linux in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition)

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11.11. Alphabetical List of Keys in Command Mode

For brevity, control characters are marked by ^.

Command	Action
`a`	Append text after cursor.
`A`	Append text at end-of-line.
`^A`	Search for next occurrence of word under cursor.
`b`	Back up to beginning of word in current line.
`B`	Back up one word, treating punctuation marks as words.
`^B`	Scroll backward one window.
`c`	Change text up to target of next movement command.
`C`	Change to end of current line.
`^C`	End insert mode; interrupts a long operation.
`d`	Delete up to target of next movement command.
`D`	Delete to end of current line.
`^D`	Scroll down half-window; in insert mode, unindent to shiftwidth if autoindent is set.
`e`	Move to end of word.
`E`	Move to end of word, treating punctuation as part of word.
`^E`	Show one more line at bottom of window.
`f`	Find next character typed forward on current line.
`F`	Find next character typed backward on current line.
`^F`	Scroll forward one window.
`g`	Unused.
`G`	Go to specified line or end-of-file.
`^G`	Print information about file on status line.
`h`	Left arrow cursor key.
`H`	Move cursor to home position.
`^H`	Left arrow cursor key; Backspace key in insert mode.
`i`	Insert text before cursor.
`I`	Insert text before first nonblank character on line.
`^I`	Unused in command mode; in insert mode, same as Tab key.
`j`	Down arrow cursor key.
`J`	Join previous line to current line.
`^J`	Down arrow cursor key; in insert mode, move down a line.
`k`	Up arrow cursor key.
`K`	Unused.
`^K`	Unused.
`l`	Right arrow cursor key.
`L`	Move cursor to last position in window.
`^L`	Redraw screen.
`m`	Mark the current cursor position in register (a-z).
`M`	Move cursor to middle position in window.
`^M`	Move to beginning of next line.
`n`	Repeat the last search command.
`N`	Repeat the last search command in reverse direction.
`^N`	Down arrow cursor key.
`o`	Open line below current line.
`O`	Open line above current line.
`^O`	Unused.
`p`	Put yanked or deleted text after or below cursor.
`P`	Put yanked or deleted text before or above cursor.
`^P`	Up arrow cursor key.
`q`	Unused.
`Q`	Quit vi and enter ex line-editing mode.
`^Q`	Unused. (On some terminals, resume data flow.)
`r`	Replace character at cursor with the next character you type.
`R`	Replace characters.
`^R`	Redraw the screen.
`s`	Change the character under the cursor to typed characters.
`S`	Change entire line.
`^S`	Unused. (On some terminals, stop data flow.)
`t`	Find next character typed forward on current line and position cursor before it.
`T`	Find next character typed backward on current line and position cursor after it.
`^T`	Unused in command mode; in insert mode, move to next tab setting.
`u`	Undo the last change made.
`U`	Restore current line, discarding changes.
`^U`	Scroll the screen upward a half-window.
`v`	Unused.
`V`	Unused.
`^V`	Unused in command mode; in insert mode, insert next character verbatim.
`w`	Move to beginning of next word.
`W`	Move to beginning of next word, treating punctuation marks as words.
`^W`	Unused in command mode; in insert mode, back up to beginning of word.
`x`	Delete character under cursor.
`X`	Delete character before cursor.
`^X`	Unused.
`y`	Yank or copy text up to target of following movement command into temporary buffer.
`Y`	Make copy of current line.
`^Y`	Show one more line at top of window.
`z`	Reposition line containing cursor. z must be followed by Return (reposition line to top of screen), . (reposition line to middle of screen), or - (reposition line to bottom of screen).
`ZZ`	Exit the editor, saving changes.


11.10. Miscellaneous Commands		11.12. Syntax of ex Commands