Command Overview
Cursor Movements
BVI

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CommandBVIVI
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
Hmove cursor to home position, upper left corner of screen
Mmove cursor to the begin of the middle line of the screen
Lmove 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
TABtoggle 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
0move 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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Last update: October 30th 1999 by Gerhard Bürgmann, Purkersdorf/Austria