Motion edit commands
The motion edit commands for the Korn shell are described below.
Motion edit commands move the cursor as follows:
Item | Description |
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[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. |