Moving Around With vim (keyboard short cuts)
This is a user contributed FAQ.
Q. Can you tell me few useful vim text editor keyboard short cuts for moving around while editing text files?
A.
Moving around with vim.
Open any file, for example
$ vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
1. Go to the first line
gg or 1 shift g or :0 (zero) Enter
2. Go to the last line.
Shift g or :$ Enter
3. Go to line 8
8 shift g
4. To scroll down one screen
Ctrl f
5. To scroll up one screen
Ctrl b
6. First position on line
0(zero)
7. Last position on line
$
8. Go to matching parenthesis
%
9. Right, left, up, down respectively.
l, h, k, j
Or You can also use arrow keys
10. Where Am I?
Ctrl g
Note: previous command works in command mode
11. You can see a nice summery of more vim commands here.
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Tags: arrow keys, command mode, ctrl g, first position, gg, howto, keyboard, keyboard short cuts, line 8, line shift, readers tips, vi, vim, vim text editor, zero 7
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:19 am
for point 3 you can use :8 as well (like :0 for the 1st line)
for point 9 (l, h, k, j) are alternatives for the arrows, it’s easies to use arrow keys…
one more thing… you can hit 7 and then down/up/left/right to move 7 lines/chars in that direction
June 13th, 2008 (4 weeks ago) at 5:20 am
try this
:set number