Motion edit commands

The motion edit commands for the Korn shell are described below.

Motion edit commands move the cursor as follows:


Item Description
[Count]l Moves the cursor forward (right) one character.
[Count]w Moves the cursor forward one alphanumeric word.
[Count]W Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word that follows a blank.
[Count]e Moves the cursor to the end of the current word.
[Count]E Moves the cursor to the end of the current blank-separated word.
[Count]h Moves the cursor backward (left) one character.
[Count]b Moves the cursor backward one word.
[Count]B Moves the cursor to the previous blank-separated word.
[Count]| Moves the cursor to the column specified by the Count parameter.
[Count]fc Finds the next character c in the current line.
[Count]Fc Finds the previous character c in the current line.
[Count]tc Equivalent to f followed by h.
[Count]Tc Equivalent to F followed by l.
[Count]; Repeats for the number of times specified by the Count parameter the last single-character find command: f, F, t, or T.
[Count], Reverses the last single-character find command the number of times specified by the Count parameter.
0 Moves the cursor to the start of a line.
^ Moves the cursor to the first nonblank character in a line.
$ Moves the cursor to the end of a line.