Linux in a Nutshell, Third Edition

Movement Commands

A number preceding a command repeats the movement. Movement commands are also objects for change, delete, and yank operations.

Character

Command	Action
h, j, k, l	Left, down, up, right (←, ↓, ↑, →)
Spacebar	Right
Backspace	Left
Ctrl-H	Left

Text

Command	Action
w, b	Forward, backward by word (treating punctuation marks as words).
W, B	Forward, backward by word (recognizing only whitespace, not punctuation, as separators).
e	End of word (treating a punctuation mark as the end of a word).
E	End of word (recognizing only whitespace as the end of a word).
), (	Beginning of next, current sentence.
}, {	Beginning of next, current paragraph.
]], [[	Beginning of next, current section.
Ctrl-D	Move to previous tab setting.
Ctrl-T	Move to next tab setting.
Ctrl-W	Move back one word.

Lines

Command	Action
0, $	First, last position of current line.
^, _	First nonblank character of current line.
+, -	First character of next, previous line.
Return	First nonblank character of next line.
n |	Column n of current line.
H	Top line of screen.
M	Middle line of screen.
L	Last line of screen.
n H	n lines after top line.
n L	n lines before last line.
Ctrl-J	Move down one line.
Ctrl-M	Move to first nonblank character of next line.

Screens

Command	Action
Ctrl-F, Ctrl-B	Scroll forward, backward one screen.
Ctrl-D, Ctrl-U	Scroll down, up one-half screen.
Ctrl-E, Ctrl-Y	Show one more line at bottom, top of window.
z Return	Reposition line with cursor to top of screen.
z.	Reposition line ...