vi Control Mode Commands (Learning the Korn Shell, 2nd Edition)

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B.10. vi Control Mode Commands

Here is a complete list of all vi-mode control commands. As for the emacs mode commands, the sequences such as "[ A" are for ANSI standard terminal arrow keys and were added for ksh93h.

Command	Meaning
`h`	Move left one character
`[ D`	Move left one character (ksh93h and newer)
`l`	Move right one character
space	Move right one character
`[ C`	Move right one character (ksh93h and newer)
`w`	Move right one word
`b`	Move left one word
`W`	Move to beginning of next nonblank word
`B`	Move to beginning of preceding nonblank word
`e`	Move to end of current word
`E`	Move to end of current nonblank word
`0`	Move to beginning of line
`[ H`	Move to beginning of line (ksh93h and newer)
`^`	Move to first nonblank character in line
`$`	Move to end of line
`[ Y`	Move to end of line (ksh93h and newer)
`i`	Insert text before current character
`a`	Insert text after current character
`I`	Insert text at beginning of line
`A`	Insert text at end of line
`r`	Replace one character (doesn't enter input mode)
`R`	Overwrite existing text
`dh`	Delete one character backwards
`dl`	Delete one character forwards
`db`	Delete one word backwards
`dw`	Delete one word forwards
`dB`	Delete one nonblank word backwards
`dW`	Delete one nonblank word forwards
`d$`	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)
`s`	Equivalent to `xi` (delete current character, enter input mode)
`S`	Equivalent to `cc` (delete entire line, enter input mode)
`x`	Equivalent to `dl` (delete character backwards)
`X`	Equivalent to `dh` (delete character forwards)
`k` or `-`	Move backward one line
`[ A`	Move backward one line (ksh93h and newer)
`j` or `+`	Move forward one line
`[ B`	Move forward one line (ksh93h and newer)
`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 occurrence of x
`t` `x`	Move right to next occurrence of x, then back one space
`T` `x`	Move left to previous occurrence of x, then forward one space
`yh`	Yank one character backwards
`yl`	Yank one character forwards
`yb`	Yank one word backwards
`yw`	Yank one word forwards
`yB`	Yank one nonblank word backwards
`yW`	Yank one nonblank word forwards
`y$`	Yank to end of line
`y0`	Yank to beginning of line
`Y`	Equivalent to `y$` (yank to end of line)
`yy`	Equivalent to `0y$` (yank entire line)
`u`	Undo last editing change
`U`	Undo all editing changes made to the line
`.` (dot)	Repeat last editing command
`\|`	Move to absolute column position
`;`	Redo last character finding command
`,`	Redo last character finding command, but in opposite direction
`%`	Move to matching `(`, `)`, `{`, `}`, `[`, or `]`
`\`	Do filename/command/variable completion
CTRL-I (TAB)	Do filename/command/variable completion (only for set -o viraw) (starting with ksh93h)
`*`	Do filename/command/variable expansion (onto command line)
`=`	Do filename/command/variable expansion (as printed list)
`~`	Invert ("twiddle") case of current character(s)
`_`	Append last word of previous command, enter input mode
`v`	Run the hist command on the current line (actually, run the command `hist -e ${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vi}}`); usually this means run the full vi on the current line
CTRL-J	Same as ENTER
CTRL-L	Start a new line and redraw the current line on it
CTRL-M	Same as ENTER
CTRL-V	Print the version of the Korn shell
`#`	Prepend `#` (comment character) to the line and send it. If the line starts with `#`, remove the leading `#` and all leading `#` characters after any embedded newlines
`@` x	Insert expansion of alias _x as command mode input


B.9. Emacs Mode Commands		B.11. Using getopts