Cursor Movement Commands

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The following keystrokes move the cursor around the screen and through the text:

 

Cursor Movement

Key Stroke

Description

Status

Ctrl-A

Ctrl-Q

Ctrl-S

Ctrl-W

Ctrl-J

Ctrl-K

Ctrl-D

Ctrl-E

Left Arrow

Right Arrow

Page Down

Page Up

Ahead a character

Back a character

Down a line

Up a line

Jump ahead a page (PgDn)

Kick back a page (PgUp)

Ahead to end of edit buffer

Back to start of edit buffer

Back a character

Forward a character

Move one page down

Move one page up


The following commands stay on the same column

Up Arrow

Down Arrow

Ctrl-Up-Arrow

Ctrl-Down-Arrow



 

 

Word movement commands

Key Stroke

Description

Status

Ctrl-N

Ctrl-B

Ctrl-Shift-N

Ctrl-Shift-B

Move to next word

Move to last word

Move to next word

Move to last word