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. Increment number in
|
|
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
|
|
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 in |
|
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 ... |
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