Command Overview Cursor Movements

Command	BVI	VI
Cursor movements	h, ARROW_LEFT move cursor one character to the left j, +, ^N, ^J, ARROW_DOWN, RETURN move cursor down one line k, -, ARROW_UP move cursor up one line l, ARROW_RIGHT, SPACE move cursor one character to the right H move cursor to home position, upper left corner of screen M move cursor to the begin of the middle line of the screen L move cursor to the begin of the last line of the screen
Move to begin and end of (screen) line	^ move cursor to the first byte of Hex section $ move cursor to the last byte of Ascii section TAB toggle cursor between the same byte in Hex and Ascii section	^   move cursor to the first nonblank character of line $ move cursor to end of line 0 move cursor to the real begin of line
Move by words	w   forward to next string delimited with a nonprinting char b back to previous string delimited with a nonprinting char e end of current word W forward to next string delimited with a \0 or \n B back to previous string delimited with a nonprinting char E end of a blank-delimited word	w   move cursor forward to begin of next word e move cursor to end of current word b move cursor back to begin of current or previous word W move cursor forward to begin of next word, ignoring punctuation B move cursor back to begin of last word, ignoring punctuation

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