Positioning Commands Introduction

In order to move around in the text file you must use positioning commands. The key sequences for character movement are shown below:

Command	What It Does
Control-b	Page back one screen
Control-d	Scroll down one-half screen
Control-f	Page forward one screen
Control-u	Scroll up one-half screen
l, right arrow, or Spacebar	Move right (forward) one character
k or up arrow	Move up one line
j or down arrow	Move down one line
h, left arrow, or Back Space	Move left one character
Return	Move to beginning of next line
b	Move back one word (including punctuation)
B	Move back one word (past punctuation)
w	Move forward one word (including punctuation)
W	Move forward one word (past punctuation)
H	Move to top of screen
e	Move to end of current word
L	Move to bottom of screen
M	Move to middle of screen