Learning the bash Shell, Second Edition

vi Control Mode Commands

Table 2.10 shows a complete list of all vi control mode commands.

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
f x	Move right to next occurrence of x
F x	Move left to previous ...