Learning the vi Editor/Appendix/Navigation

Command Description Notes h or ← or <backspace> left moves the cursor one step to the leftj or ↓ downmoves the cursor down to the next linek or ↑upmoves the cursor down to the previous line l or → or <space>rightmoves the cursor one step to the rightwnext wordmoves the cursor to the beginning of the next word Wnext word (ignor punctuation)same as w but only uses space as delimiter bbeginning of the word if the cursor is already in the beginning of a word it moves to the beginning of the previous word Bbeginning of the word (ignor punctuation)same as b but only uses space as delimiter eend of the wordif the cursor is already in the end of a word it moves to the end of the next wordEmove to end of current word (ignor punctuation) same as e but only uses space as delimiter(previous sentence moves the cursor backward to the previous sentence)next sentnce moves the cursor forword to the next sentence - previous line moves the cursor up to the beginning of the previous line + next line moves the cursor down to the beginning of the next line 0 beginning of line moves the cursor to the beginning of the line $ end of line moves the cursor to the end of the line ^U scroll up ^D scroll down ^B or <page up> page up in comparison to scrolling, paging leaves more lines from the previous page ^F or <page down> page down in comparison to scrolling, paging leaves more lines from the previous page H or gg home moves the cursor to the beginning of the first line L or G last line moves the cursor to the beginning of the last line